Welcome to the PVDA Ride For Life
Special Thanks
Debbie McDonald
PVDA would like to thank Olympic Bronze Medal winner Debbie McDonald for supporting the 2011 Ride for Life event. In order to support our event, Ms. McDonald carved precious time out of her extremely busy life which includes fulfilling the role of USEF Developing Dressage Coach. She also very generously donated a one day clinic to our Ebay auction which raised a PHENOMENAL $7000 for the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center! The personal support she has given the PVDA in this event for multiple years is beyond compare. She is a very special friend to the Ride for Life. Please join the PVDA in thanking Debbie McDonald for her generosity to our event and the fight against breast cancer.
Sponsors
PVDA would like to thank all our generous sponsors for their help in the success of the 2011 Ride for Life. Our sponsors help make the Dancing Horse Challenge happen in addition to contributing awards, advertising, silent auction items and helping to spread the word about our fantastic event. Please visit our sponsor’s websites and thank them for their generous support of the Ride for Life. This event could not happen without them!
Volunteers
Enormous thanks to all our volunteers who help make the show run so seamlessly. Our volunteers help ensure the show goes on and the benefit is successful. This includes those who work tirelessly year round to organize the entire event and secure sponsorships and donations. Please thank our volunteers for their efforts. This sport would not continue to be successful without our volunteers. Please consider volunteering for next year’s show.
2011 Ride for Life Recap
PVDA is proud to announce that the 2011 Ride for Life will enable a donation of no less than $85,000 to the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. Thank you to our competitors, sponsors and volunteers who helped make the 2011 Ride for Life a huge success. This money will go to support breast cancer research, quality of life research and training for doctors at the hospital. Without your help and support, we could not have made this happen! Thank you again to everyone!
DHC People’s Choice Winners
Shannon Dueck and Ayscha
Bent Jensen and Orlando
High Pledge Winners 2011
JR/YR – Courtney Swartz
Amateur – Jeannette Bair
Open – Julie Bottum – Sons of the Wind
Phantom Horse – Jessica Katz
GMO Team Challenge Winners
1st – VADA/NOVA Pink Pony Power – Kathleen Kelly, Joanne Hodges, Allison Reichel
2nd – PVDA – Windsor Manor – First 4 a Cure – Rita Boehm, Nancy Moseley, Kristin Hoffman, Erica Greenwald
3rd – PVDA – Stride 4 Life – Vanessa Swartz, Sherri Holdridge, Kelley Corrigan-Dammeyer
4th – PVDA – St. Mary’s PVDA – Annmari Ingersoll, Hannah Weasenforth, Darryl Cherry, Kathleen Mahaney, Christina Mulqueen
5th – PVDA – Windsor Manor – Training 4 Life – Courtney Swartz, Edith Blair, Erica Greenwald
Dover Saddlery – Ride for Life Class
Winner – Rita Boehm
Sponsors
Prix St. Georges – County, Nutrena, DTO, Equiery, Dover, Patuxent Nursery
Flying Change – By Chance Farm, Bob Hall, Land Rover, USDF
Passage – Cueto Reed, Dressage Today, Susan Willetts, PGEC, Sugarloaf Equestrian Center
Pink Ribbon – CDI, Happy Horse and Hound Massage, Maryland Women’s Journal, Farm Credit, Farchild Controls Corp., Judi & Mark Coyne, Nicole Wingire, The Ad Solution (Deanna Thornton), Final Decision Farm, Marne Martin-Tucker, Mercedes Wescott
Media Sponsors – Citypeek.com, 101.9 Lite FM, The Gazette, Wedding 411 On Demand, MyCity4Her.com, The DC Examiner, Modern Babies & Children, Washington Post Post Points, Corridor Inc, The Daily Record, Maryland Life, www.downtowndiane.net, The Jewish Times, Washington Parent, Key 103, 106.9 The Eagle
Friends of the Ride for Life – Candace Alderton, Steve Crawford, LouAnn Finlay, Brian Fisk, Helen Gibson, Janise Gray – “On the Bit”, Brian Herchick, Donna Miller, Luciane Raibin, Renaissance Yoga, Jennifer Santandreu, Neha Sharan, Larry Winer
Breed Sponsors – AWS – Liz Erwin, Danish WB Assn – Ross Johnson, Haflinger – Rosalie & Nelson Brenneman, Paint – Margaret Scarff, Quarter Horse Assn – Maryland Quarter Horse Assn, Swedish WB – Beth Davis Brown, Throroughbred – Thoroughbred Placement and Rescue Inc.
