Highlife Farms Donates Miniature Horse To SUCCEED® and Wellington Classic Dressage USET Holiday Gala Fundraiser

Photo: Highlife Farms donates Highlife's Silver Belle, a Miniature Horse, to the SUCCEED® and Wellington Classic Dressage USET Holiday Gala Fundraiser. Proceeds raised go toward support of USET.
West Palm Beach, FL (December 10, 2009) - Highlife Farms, home to World Class Sport Horses and one of the country's most prominent breeding farms, has donated a Miniature Horse to the SUCCEED® and Wellington Classic Dressage USET Holiday Gala Fundraiser. The Holiday Gala will be held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on December 11 & 12, and will feature a live and silent auction as well as some of the biggest names in the equestrian world.

"The Holiday Gala is going to be a really exciting event. I believe in what the USET does and I am very supportive of their endeavors. I donated the mini filly to the auction to help with the fundraiser and the future of the USET," said Joan Sims, owner of Highlife Farms in Orlando.

The pinto mini filly, Highlife's Silver Belle, will be part of the live auction on Saturday evening. The Holiday Gala will also feature a combination of clinics, fun demonstrations, team competitions and holiday surprises.

It will be an exciting weekend for Sims, who will not only help raise money for the USET by auctioning off the mini filly, but will also watch Olympic dressage rider Lisa Wilcox ride Highlife Farm's Der Euro, a 1998 Oldenburg gelding (Don Schufro/Waldroeschen/Wanderer), famous winner of the 2002 Bundeschampionate, in the Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge. "Lisa's assistant, Jessica Kozel, will be riding Der Euro's full brother, Der Dollar, in the show also," Sims said, adding that said she is looking forward to watching Wilcox and Der Euro in the upcoming year. "Lisa and Der Euro are a horse and rider combination that I am hoping will compete at the 2010 World Equestrian Games."

The Holiday Gala will feature well-known equestrians such as Lynn Palm, Monty Roberts, Combined Driver Chester Weber and bestselling suspense author Tami Hoag, who will be signing books during both evenings. The entire program will take place on the evening of Friday, December 11th and then repeat in full the evening of December 12. The live and silent auctions will be held on Saturday evening.

For more information on the USET Holiday Gala, visit the SUCCEED website at www.succeedevent.com. For more information on Highlife Farms, visit their website at www.highlifefarms.com