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CUMMING, Ga. — About $12,000 was raised to support local
battered women's shelters.
The Ticket to Ride Benefit Horse Show held July 19 through
July 21 at Wills Park Equestrian Center in Alpharetta was a success, said the
event's organizers at Harry Norman, Realtors Forsyth/Lake Lanier office.
Harry Norman's staff worked with Black Horse Productions to
put on Ticket to Ride, the largest show the company has ever seen.
With over 170 horses competing in the event, the show
brought in over $12,000 that will now be donated to Hall County's Gateway
Domestic Violence Center, Forsyth County's Family Haven and Dawson and Lumpkin
County's No One Alone Shelter.
The event was a Georgia Hunter Jumper Association and
Southern Hunter Jumper of Georgia rated show and featured Double-Point and
Money Prize Classics.
The show also had support from Campbell and Brannon, J.
Bristow Anderson Attorney at Law, Hawk Ridge Farm, Black Horse Productions,
Hidden Oaks Show Jumpers, Vemma, Jar-Ja-Q, NLB Studios, Creations Bakery,
Publix, Bulldog Movers, Buckhead Movers and over 70 local businesses who
donated items for the silent auction, which raised $5,000.
The event also featured several vendors, concessions, a
50/50 raffle, a cakes and crafts party for children and an exhibitor's party
where Nashville artist Penny Dale and Atlanta artist Jay Memory performed.
"Our role here is to support the show so that we can
increase the income to benefit the homes for battered women. We feel that
giving back to the community is something realtors should do," said Robert
Aiken, senior vice president and managing broker at Harry Norman.
Ticket to Ride was started in 2002 by Black Horse
Productions.
Harry Norman has signed on as the main sponsor of future
shows, too, Aiken said.
