Hometown favourite and previous winner Angela Lawrence will compete in the $25,000 Grand Prix of St. Lazare during the Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows. Photo by Cealy Tetley, www.tetleyphoto.com

May 12, 2008 – St. Lazare, Quebec – The biggest names in show jumping will be competing in St. Lazare, QC, when the Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows take place from May 14 to 18 and May 21 to 25.

The $25,000 Grand Prix of St. Lazare held Saturday, May 24, will attract a competitive field of entries, including all previous winners. Hometown favourite Angela Covert-Lawrence of St. Lazare, Laurie Bucci of Carignan, QC, Amy Millar of Perth, ON, and last year’s winner, Myra Simard of Montreal, QC, will be among the starting line-up joined by such illustrious names in show jumping as Canadian Olympian Beth Underhill, Yann Candele of France, Jonathon Millar, son of eight-time Olympian Ian Millar, and Darrin Dlin, who recently made his World Cup Final debut.

Yet another well-known name in show jumping circles, Michel Vaillancourt, who earned the Individual Silver Medal in front of his home crowd at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, will act as course designer, setting the challenging obstacles on the grass grand prix field. In addition to the $25,000 Grand Prix of St. Lazare, other featured competitions include the Young Horse Jumper Development Series, the National Talent Squad Series, the Gladys Adam Hunter Classic, and, on Sunday, May 18, the $10,000 Grand Prix.

The Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows also feature the ‘Jump for Hope’ Breast Cancer Survivors Ride and the Third Annual Royal Victoria Hospital Gala on May 24.

The Pépinière and St. Lazare Horse Shows run daily from May 14 to 18 and May 21 to 25 at Eastwood Equine, 4170 Chemin Ste. Angelique in St. Lazare. Admission is free.

For more information, please visit www.pepinierehorseshow.com.