Westchester to make hay of premier horse-jumping event
Photo credit: John Roca | Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, rides Perfect De Coquerie over hurdles at Old Salem Farm in North Salem. (May 19, 2012)
Westchester County officials announced Thursday a campaign to make the American Gold Cup, a premier international equestrian show-jumping competition new to North Salem, a signature event that could add as much as $6 million to the local economy.
Record-breaking attendance of 6,000 participants and spectators at September's Gold Cup, the first at Old Salem Farm, went largely unnoticed at the...
