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Wild
Cards Available For North American Competitors At Eventing
World Cup Final In Pau, France
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Jack
Le Goff, Chairman of the FEI World Cup Committee announced that
a limited number of wild cards are available for the inaugural
Eventing World Cup Final in Pau, France, October 22-26. If you
were unable to qualify your horse at one of the CIC*** World Cup
Qualifiers held in the U.S. this year, pursuant to the FEI Eventing
World Cup Rules, you may be able to obtain a wild card if you
and your horse are qualified three-star competitors.
Due
to the date conflict with the Pan American Games Three-Day Event
the qualified U.S. horses and riders with the highest points may
not be able to travel to France for the World Cup Final as previously
hoped, so it is possible that spots will open up. The U.S. is
allowed to send five horses and riders to Pau and if you would
like to be considered for a wild card spot you must apply no later
than September 2. The last qualifier takes place at the end of
August and all nations must submit their entry list to the FEI
immediately following that competition. Please contact Torri Nahorniak,
Sport Manager of Eventing, at USA Equestrian at 859-225-2027 or
via email at tnahorniak@equestrian.org. If you need your competition
record to verify your advanced level results please contact Sharon
Gallagher or Leslie Kearns at the USEA, 703-779-0440 ext. 3005
or 3006 respectively. You can also email Sharon@useventing.com
or Leslie@useventing.com.
Canadian
Riders please contact Fleur Tipton, Director of Eventing, Equine
Canada, (613)248-3433.
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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