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Bartz
To Receive USA Equestrian Sportsmanship Award
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Keith
D. Bartz of Naples, FL, has been named as the recipient of the
2003 USA Equestrian Sportsmanship Award. The Walter B. Devereux
Trophy will be presented to him at the Pegasus Dinner, January
16, 2004, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA,
as part of the 2004 U.S. Equestrian Meeting. The USA Equestrian
Executive Committee and USA Equestrian Affiliated National Association
Presidents and Executive Directors on the USA Equestrian Board,
submit nominations for the recipient of the Devereux Award. The
nominees are returned to the Executive Committee and voted on
by secret ballot.
The
USA Equestrian Sportsmanship Award is named for Walter B. Devereux
II, who served the AHSA for many years as an officer and director
during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Bartz will join other
distinguished horsemen and horsewomen who have been recipients
of the award, including Ellin Dixon Miller, John Fritz, Judith
Werner, Diana Firestone, Victor Hugo-Vidal, William Munford, and
David O’Connor.
U.S.
Equestrian was formed through the combination of USA Equestrian
and the United States Equestrian Team. The vision of U.S. 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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