Robert Chelberg Wins The Central European League

The FEI announced today that U.S. Grand Prix Jumping Rider, Robert Chelberg,
based in Prague, CZE, won the Central European League which qualifies him to
compete at the World Cup Final in Leipzig (GER), May 1-5, 2002 as an
additional U.S. rider. Chelberg finished the League 16 points ahead of
Hungarian rider Jozsef Turi who finished 6th in the Individual standings at
the World Equestrian Games in Rome (ITA), 1998.

The Central European League Final was held in Poznan (POL) on December 7 -
9, 2001 where Chelberg competed on his 11-year-old Russian Trakehner
stallion, Aktiv (by Vypas out of Aktisa).

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 77,000 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.