Tryon International Equestrian Center will host the Tryon Fall Festival from Sept. 16 – Oct. 26, 2014 featuring over $800,000 in prize money with with one A rated and five AA rated hunter weeks and two Rolex/USEF Ranked Classes each week.

The highlight Grand Prix will be a $100,000 class on week three but every week will have a $25,000  welcome stake and a Grand Prix worth $30,000 on week 1 and on week one and on weeks two, four, five and six a $25,000 welcome and a $50,000 Grand Prix.

Hunters feature a weekly USHJA National Hunter Derby and USHJA pre Green  incentive as well as all the usual top level hunter classes. There will be circuit championship awards in all divisions as well as many special awards during the Festival.

Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) opened to great reviews in July.

TIEC has over 500 permanent horse stalls with fans and mats as well as secure tack rooms steps away from the fourOlympic caliber sand rings and a large international arena with stadium seating and lighting.

The Prize List can be accessed by visiting the following link: http://bit.ly/XFPDVx

For stabling/feed/shavings contact Travis Gould at stabling@tryonhorseshows.com or call 815-276-3777.

Beginning Saturday morning, entries can be placed on line using ShowGrounds Live using the following link at http://showgroundslive.com/tryon/

The RV Park will be open with 80 of the 120 RV park sites online; Contact lodging@tryonhorseshows.com to make reservations. For on-site lodging, please contact Ashley Erwine at lodging@tryonshorseshows.com or call 828-863-1000 – Option 4. There are eight log cabins with two, three and five bedroom configurations as well as some other four and five bedroom homes available.

Owned by Tryon Equestrian Partners, the Tryon International Equestrian Center, part of the new Tryon Resort, is only an hour west of Charlotte Douglas International Airport, and 40 minutes from the highly acclaimed City of Asheville, N.C. The equestrian facility includes five riding arenas with world-class footing and 500 permanent stables. When fully completed, the equestrian facility will feature up to 10 riding arenas (including one with stadium seating for 6,000), 1,000 permanent stalls, elevated and shaded viewing decks, a large covered riding facility and the Tryon Sports Complex. For more information, visit www.TryonHorseShows.com.

 

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by Julia Lourie