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Short
List Announced For Dressage World Breeding Championships
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Three
USAE Selection Trials for the 2003 FEI World Breeding Championships
for Young Horses in Dressage were conducted in May and June in
Cincinnati, OH, Raleigh, NC, and Pasadena, CA.
Horses
which competed in the Finals class of these Selection Trials in
their respective age division, and earned a score of 7.5 or better,
are qualified for the Young Horse Short List for the World Breeding
Championships. This Young Horse Short List is now available on
the USA Equestrian website at http://www.equestrian.org/aboutus/inter/2003feiyounghorse/2003_wbc_short_list.pdf.
The
FEI World Breeding Championships will be held August 7 –
10, in Verden, Germany. The United States will be allowed two
(2) representatives in each age division (Five- and Six-Year-Old).
For
more information, please contact Jennifer Keeler, Sport Manager
– Dressage, at (859) 258-2472 or via email at jkeeler@equestrian.org.
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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