
Gladstone, NJ – October 6, 2012 – The prestigious 2012 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East got underway today with the flat phase and gymnastics phase. Held at the beautiful USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey, 92 competitors competed in the first two phases of the event, vying for the coveted winning title. Seventeen-year-old Jacob Pope of Columbia, MD, is currently atop the leader board after winning today’s gymnastics phase with a score 95.5, and also earning a score of 86 during the flat phase for a total of 229.25.