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U.S.
Participants Fare Well At Aachen
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The
U.S. had participants in dressage, driving and show jumping at
the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany, June 25-30,
2002.
Tucker
Johnson placed well in the CAIO - Four-In-Hand Driving Competitions
beginning with two first place finishes in the Dressage Phase
- Freestyle to music and the Dressage Phase - FEI Dressage Test
#6 and going on to receive a seventh in the Obstacle Phase - Top
Score Competition, a second in the Obstacle Phase - Time Competition,
a 12th place finish in the Marathon Competition and a ninth place
finish in the Obstacle Driving Competition with one drive off.
Johnson placed fifth in the Individual Classification of the Combined
Driving competition and finished seventh along with drivers Chester
Weber and James Fairclough in the team competition.
In
the CDIO Dressage Competitions, Lisa Wilcox had a fourth place
in the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music with Relevant (Rubinstein
I-Havanna), a 10-year-old, Oldenburg stallion, and a second place
finish in the Prix St. Georges and a third place in Intermediate
I, riding Royal Diamond (Rubinstein x Elektia V, by Inschallah),
an eight-year-old, Oldenburg stallion. The pairing of Wilcox and
Relevant also finished in 12th position in the Grand Prix CDIO
and ended up 11th in the Grand Prix Special CDIO. Wilcox also
grabbed the third spot in the Freestyle to Music, Intermediate
I Level, with Royal Diamond. Wilcox placed second in the special
trophy
ranking for the Best Dressage Women riders of the entire event,
presented by the Liselott Schindling Foundation for the Promotion
of Dressage Riding Sport.
Guenter Seidel was 13th in the Prix St. Georges and 13th in the
Intermediate I, aboard Metropolitan (Olympic Ferro x Gea), an
eight-year-old, Dutch Warmblood gelding. Seidel also piloted Nikolaus
7 (Weinberg x Elise), a 13-year-old Westphalian gelding to a 13th
place finish in the Grand Prix CDIO, an eighth place finish in
he Grand Prix Special CDIO and an eighth place in the Grand Prix
Freestyle to Music. The combination of Wilcox, Seidel and Christine
Traurig, who was paired with Etienne (Ehrentusch x Andora) , a
14-year-old, Westphalian gelding, rode to the fourth spot in the
team competition.
Twenty-three-year-old,
Clare Bronfman, recent winner of the Grand Prix of Rome, finished
27th in the Grand Prix of Aachen and was the only individual jumper
rider representing the US this year at Aachen.
For
complete results on the World Equestrian Festival please visit
http://www.chioaachen.de/ .
USA
Equestrian Inc., 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 Federation
has over 80,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 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.
VISION STATEMENT
The vision of USA Equestrian is to provide leadership for equestrian
sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of
excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on
a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its
horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian
federation in the world.
www.equestrian.org
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