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AHSA APPROVES 2001-2002 U.S.
DRESSAGE FREESTYLE CRITERIA |
The American Horse Shows Association (AHSA) has
approved the new U.S. Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle Championship/U.S. League
Final criteria for the 2001-2002 season. In order to assure that the best U.S.
riders are selected to represent the U.S. at the World Cup in 2002, the Ad Hoc
CDI Committee, working with input from top riders, has revamped the selection
procedures, thus creating one championship event, which will be the U.S. Grand
Prix Freestyle Championship/U.S. League Final. This competition, a CDI-W, will
be held on the west coast in February, 2002. Riders will be required to ride
the Short Grand Prix, according to World Cup rules. Championship qualifying
competitions will be CDI*** events held between November 1, 2000 and February
1, 2002.
Further information is available on the AHSA website at
<http://www.ahsa.org/aboutus/inter/usgrandprixfreestylechampionshipleaguefinal.htm>
The American Horse Shows Association,
as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is the regulatory body for
the Olympic and World Championship sports of dressage, driving, endurance,
eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, as well as 19 other breeds and
disciplines of equestrian competition. As the country's largest multi-breed
organization, the AHSA has over 70,000 members and recognizes more than 2,600
competitions nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition,
including educating and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates
who officiate at these shows.
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