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U.S
Dominates Field At Spruce Meadows
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U.S.
riders ended in the top three positions in Wednesday's International
Open I Welcome Class at the Masters Tournament held at Spruce
Meadows in Calgary, September 4, 2002.
Laura
Kraut and her 2000 Olympic mount, the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood
mare, Liberty (Libero H -Bianca, by Nimmerdor) finished with no
faults in a time of 58.02, just fractions of a second faster than
the second place rider, teammate Molly Ashe, who finished with
a clean round and a time of 58.37 seconds, riding the 9-year-old
Dutch Warmblood mare, Lutopia (Gentleman / Rigoletto). Teammate
Beezie Madden, riding Conquest II (Concorde - Fernod, by Ulft),
also finished with no faults in 58.75 seconds to land in the third
position.
Other
U.S. riders also finished in the money with Margie Goldstein-Engle
and Hidden Creek's Jones (Obrecht - Dionne, by Tolbert) by finishing
seventh, Rich Fellers and McGuinness in ninth and Schuyler Riley
and Carolus H (Capitol I - Lacq, by Roman) captured the tenth
spot.
This
competition is the only Nation Cup competition in North America
this year. The Nation's Cup Class consists of two rounds and will
be held Saturday, September 7, 2002. The team members for the
United States are Margie Goldstein-Engle, Laura Kraut, Alison
Firestone and Schuyler Riley. Individual participation in the
Masters is based on participation in the National, Continental,
Canada One and North American Tournaments.
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.
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