FLAIR Sponsorships

Rolex Kentucky: Springer takes home the Range Rover…

Posted on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 at 4:20 am.

Fox-Pitt Wins the Watch!

On Parklane Hawk, William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain (45.3 penalties) won the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented By Bridgestone, for the second time in three years. His prizes include the signature Rolex Watch and $80,000 in prize money.

Fox-Pitt, 43, has now won two consecutive legs of the $350,000 Rolex Grand Slam. He won the Land Rover Burghley Three-Day Event (England) last September, and if he wins the Badminton Three-Day Event (England) next week, he’ll become only the second rider to win Rolex Grand Slam. (Pippa Funnell won the Rolex Grand Slam in 2003.) Fox-Pitt’s victory also extended his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics Series.

“This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to winning the Rolex Grand Slam. I’ve never managed to win two four-stars in a row, and this is wonderful, but to win three in a row is fairly unlikely,” said Fox-Pitt.

Fox-Pitt said that he felt fortunate to collect first place. ”I thought that the fence I had down was going to be a tricky fence for Parklane Hawk. He was just arguing with the bit today, and I was thinking, ‘You need to look at the jump, mate.’ When you have a fence down it makes a huge difference, and when the cushion is gone, panic can set in.”

He added, “It was a serious show jumping track, and I’m just very lucky that Allison took that long route at the third –last fence yesterday.” On Saturday’s Cross-Country course, Springer chose to jump the slow option on fence 27, which caused her to finish 8 seconds over the optimum time and add 3.2 time faults to her first-placed Dressage score.

Click here to watch an exclusive interview with William!

Springer takes home the Range Rover…

Allison  Springer of the United States, on Arthur, held on for second (47.0) and earned $37,000, and Boyd Martin of the United States, on Otis Barbotiere, moved up to third place (51.0) to earn $30,000. Martin also finished eighth on Remington XXV (56.9).

By winning the Rolex USET Four-Star Championship as the top-placed U.S. rider, Springer, 37, also won a special prize—an 18-month lease of a 2012 Range Rover HSE courtesy of Land Rover North America.

Springer test-drove the car on a lap around the Rolex Stadium during the awards ceremony. “It’s a good thing they kept someone in the car with me, or I’d have been out there doing donuts!” she said with a smile.

Springer, of Marshall, VA., said that she was “very, very pleased with Arthur. Four years ago, I went into show jumping in fifth place, and I stopped counting after five rails. But this time I was excited to come in the show jumping ring because I knew what I had to do, and I did it. It’s great to feel that way after all three days.”

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FLAIR® Sponsors Two RK3DE Course Walks

Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 at 5:56 am.

4-19-2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FLAIR LLC ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF TWO COURSE WALKS AT THE 2012 ROLEX KENTUCKY CCI4* THREE-DAY EVENT.

Flair LLC, maker of FLAIR® Equine Nasal Strips and a 2012 Rolex Kentucky CCI4* Three-Day Event sponsor, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of two course walks to be held during the 2012 Rolex Kentucky CCI4* Three-Day Event.

The first course walk, lead by two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Phillip Dutton, will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 4:00pm. This abbreviated course walk will focus on four of the most difficult complexes and will be exclusive – with the number of participants limited to 50. Participation credentials will be available on Thursday morning outside the Bit of Britain Tent between 10:30 and 1:00 — prior to the course walk – from a FLAIR representative. Each credentialed participant will receive a FLAIR Strip and memento of the occasion at the conclusion of the course walk.

The second course walk, a full course walk, led in tandem by veteran Four-star Eventers Eric Dierks and Ralph Hill, will begin at 10:30am on Friday, April 27, 2012 – commencing at the start box. This course walk is open to the public.

About FLAIR Nasal Strips: FLAIR Strips provide drug-free support and protection to the respiratory system of the hard-working equine athlete. FLAIR Strips are proven to: reduce airway resistance, reduce lung stress and bleeding, reduce fatigue, and shorten post-exercise recovery time.

For more information about Phillip Dutton, visit http://phillipdutton.com/
For more information about Eric Dierks, http://ericdierks.com/
For more information about Ralph Hill, visit http://www.ralphhillmn.blogspot.com/
For more information about The Rolex Kentucky, please visit http://www.rk3de.org
For more information about FLAIR Strips, Flair LLC and its sponsorship activities, please visit http://flairstrips.com

Media Contact:
Nan Rawlins
pr@flairstrips.com

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FLAIR LLC CO-SPONSORS DR. EPP AT EQUINE AFFAIRE

Posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 at 5:54 am.

4-8-2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FLAIR LLC ANNOUNCES CO-SPONSORSHIP OF DR. TAMMY EPP’S EQUINE AFFAIRE PRESENTATIONS

Flair LLC, maker of FLAIR® Equine Nasal Strips is very pleased to announce its co-sponsorship of Dr. Tammi Epp’s Equine Respiratory Health presentations at The 2012 Columbus Equine Affair, held at the Ohio State Exposition Center, Columbus, Ohio.

Tammi Epp, DVM, PHD – from Kansas State University – is a leading authority in the diseases of the Equine Respiratory System.  She will speak twice on Saturday, April 14, 2012.  In her first presentation — at 12noon in the Demo Ring of the Celeste Center – Dr. Epp will discuss Understanding Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH) & How to Manage It.  In her second Equine Affair presentation, to be held at 5pm on the Seminar Stage of the Voinovitch Center, Dr. Epp’s topic will be:  Breathing: The Forgotten Key to the Horse’s Performance. This is the first time either topic has been presented by The Equine Affaire.

About Equine Affaire: Based in London Ohio, Equine Affaire is generally considered one of the world’s premier equine expositions, with annual expos in Massachusetts, Ohio, and California. Equine Affaire offers equine enthusiasts and professionals unparalleled educational programs and presentations, an extensive trade show, informative breed pavilions and demonstrations, horse and farm exhibits, a youth pavilion, versatile horse and rider competitions, and the and exciting Pfizer Fantasia performances

About FLAIR Nasal Strips: FLAIR Strips provide drug-free support and protection to the respiratory system of the hard-working equine athlete. FLAIR Strips are proven to:  reduce airway resistance, reduce lung stress and bleeding, reduce fatigue, and shorten post-exercise recovery time.

For more information about FLAIR Strips, Flair LLC and its sponsorship activities, please visit http://flairstrips.com

For more information about Equine Affaire please visit http://equineaffaire.com.   To download a complete copy of the Equine Affaire Columbus Exposition schedule, please follow this link:  http://equineaffair.com/u/pdf/12_oh_schedule_program5.pdf

Media Contact:
Nan Rawlins
pr@flairstrips.com

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FLAIR Sponsors 2011 American Eventing Championships

Posted on Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at 8:59 am.

9-2-2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FLAIR SPONSORS 2011 AMERICAN EVENTING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Flair LLC, makers of the FLAIR® Equine Nasal Strip, is proud to announce FLAIR’S ongoing sponsorship of the American Eventing Championships. The 2011 American Eventing Championships (AEC’S), now in it’s 9th year, will be contested September 8-11, 2011 at Chattahoochee Hills in Fairburn, Georgia.

In addition to financial support, FLAIR will donate prizes for competitors as well as gift certificates to all competitors for a free FLAIR Strip and application prior to 2011 AEC cross-country competition.

About FLAIR Nasal Strips: FLAIR® Strips provide drug-free support and protection to the respiratory system of the hard-working equine athlete. FLAIR Strips are proven to:  reduce airway resistance, reduce lung stress and bleeding, reduce fatigue, and shorten post-exercise recovery time.

About The 2011 AEC’S: The AEC’S are the US national championships for the sport of eventing.  Amateurs, juniors, and professional riders alike compete at any level, from Beginner Novice through Advanced, for the chance to be named the best in the nation at their respective levels.  In recent years The American Eventing Championships have drawn approximately of 20,000 spectators and 500 entries from 42 different states.

For more information about FLAIR Strips, please visit http://flairstrips.com

For more information about the 2011 AEC, please visit http://www.useventing.com/competitions.php?section=aec.

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