BRIDGEHAMPTON, New York – The 28th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show opened on Sunday, August 24, with Manhattan Mortgage Company’s Opening Day, and will continue all week long … culminating on Sunday, August 31, with the $150,000 Prudential Financial Grand Prix, a member event of the King Shavings U.S. Grand Prix League (USGPL).

Things will begin heating up as the weekend draws nearer. Friday’s show jumping competition will be highlighted by the top riders of the sport competing in the $30,000 Adequan® Fiesta Day Grand Prix, the qualifying event for Sunday’s $150,000 Prudential Financial Grand Prix. Among the nation’s top show jumpers expected include members of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team – Nona Garson, Margie Goldstein-Engle, Lauren Hough and Laura Kraut – as well as former Olympians Norman Dello Joio (1980 and 1992), Anne Kursinski (1988, 1992, and 1996), Joe Fargis (1984 and 1988), Leslie Burr Howard (1984 and 1996) and Peter Leone (1996).

Admission is $5 per person or $15 per carload, with children under 6 admitted free.