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World Cup Veteran Chris Kappler Wins at Devon

Devon, PA - September 15, 2002 - World Cup Veteran, Chris Kappler of Pittstown, NJ won the $60,000 American Gold Cup Grand Prix aboard Royal Kaliber, a 10 year-old Dutch-bred stallion owned by Kathy Kamine and Chris Kappler. Kappler bested a field of 27 starters with double clear rounds and the fastest time in the jump off of 42.38 seconds.

2000 Olympian, Margie Engle of Wellington, FL finished in second place with double clear rounds and just over 2 seconds behind Kappler in 44.48 seconds aboard Hidden Creek's Laurel, a 14 year-old Dutch-bred mare, owned by Hidden Creek Farm. McLain Ward and Rio placed third after turning in the second fastest time of 42.56 seconds, but pulled a rail for a 4 fault finish.

This win for Ward will move he and his mount Viktor into the second place standing for AGA Rider and Horse of the year, close on the hoofs of Jenni Martin and Pop Socks, standing in first place.

2002/2003 AGA Rookie of the Year Standings (as of 9/27/2002)

Rookie of the Year Standing

Standing	Rider	Total Money
1	Torano, Danielle	$ 14,500
2	Campos, Sergio	$ 9,000
3	Solem, Callan	$ 6,700
4	Anthony, Cara	$ 6,000
5	Leffler, Mary Lisa	$ 4,500
6	Nilforushan, Ali	$ 3,500
7	Hollahan, Larry	$ 3,000
8	Ottomanelli, Adam	$ 2,900
9	Lutz, Peter	$ 2,000
	Torres, Pedro	$ 2,000

2002/2003 AGA Rider of the Year Standings (as of 9/27/2002)

Rider of the Year Standing

Standing	Rider	Total Clear Rounds	Total Points
1	Goldstein-Engle, Margie	11	85
2	Ward, McLain	12	81
3	King, Candice	15	57
4	Kappler, Chris	13	55
5	Roberts, Ragan	7	51
6	Frey, Kimberly	6	38
7	Martin, Jenni	2	36
	Torano, Jimmy	8	36
9	King, Kyle	5	30
10	Leone, Mark	4	26

2002/2003 AGA Horse of the Year Standings (as of 9/27/2002)

Horse of the Year Standing

*Standing*	*Horse*	*Owner*	*Total Money*
1	Charmed	Alex Dillard	$ 42,050
2	Viktor	Harry Gill & McLain Ward	$ 37,500
3	Pop Socks	Temecula Valley Equestrian Center	$ 32,800
4	Bergerac	Katherine Miracle & Overlook Farm	$ 31,950
5	Hidden Creek's Laurel	Hidden Creek Farm, Inc.	$ 29,200
6	Hidden Creek's Jones	Hidden Creek Farm, Inc.	$ 26,420
7	Aguila	Sir Ruly, Inc.	$ 25,200
8	Riptide	Alison Friedman & Kyle King	$ 24,750
9	Royal Kaliber	Kamine Family & Chris Kappler	$ 24,420
10	Rio	McLain Ward	$ 22,970