LAKE PLACID — LaFitte De Muze and Flower Dance both swept all five classes in their respective divisions to tie for the Grand Hunter Championship which was awarded Thursday at the 49th annual Lake Placid Horse Shows.

With rain forcing cancellation of jumper classes in the all-grass Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix Field, competition continued without a hitch in the E.R. Mische Jumper Ring, the Main Hunter Ring and the Kovacs-Williams Hunter Ring, all of which feature state-of-the-art all-weather footing.

The Green Hunter 3’6” and 3’9″ division concluded Thursday with LaFitte De Muze, owned by Cheryl Olsten and shown by Amanda Steege, completing a sweep of all five classes in the division to earn the maximum 50 points. This put LaFitte De Muze in a tie with Flower Dance, owned by Maria Partlow and shown by Christopher Payne, who completed its sweep of all five classes in the Green Hunter 3′ division on Wednesday.

The 2018 Lake Placid Horse Show runs through Sunday, highlighted by Sunday’s $75,000 Prevost Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix. The I Love New York Horse Show follows, July 3-8, highlighted by the $100,000 Great American Insurance Group Grand Prix on Saturday, July 7. The show also includes the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Presented by Eastern Hay & Purina Animal Nutrition on Sunday, July 8.

Admission to the horse show is $2 on weekdays and $5 on weekends. Children under the age of 12 are admitted free. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more.

All Lake Placid Horse Show action can be seen live on the Lake Placid Horse Show website at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com. The webcasts, sponsored by ShowNet, include all four rings. The Grand Prix webcasts are presented by Marshall & Sterling.

Additional information on the Lake Placid Horse Shows is available by calling the Lake Placid Horse Show Association at 518-523-9625 or visit online at www.lakeplacidhorseshow.com.