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Articles: Press Release
United States Show Jumpers Finding Their Feet At Aachen
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Aachen, Germany, Aug. 24 - United States Equestrian Team show jumpers
were out of the ribbons at the World Equestrian Festival Wednesday,
except in a challenge of the sexes in which the women's team that
included Laura Kraut and Allegiance beat a top male squad.
The only U.S. rider in the money was McLain Ward, who placed 11th on the
14-year-old mare Goldika, owned by Double H Farm, out of 42 entries in
the Preis des Kreises Aachen. Ward is still recovering from a broken
collarbone sustained almost four weeks ago at the Samsung Super League
competition in Hickstead, England, and rode for the first time Tuesday
in hopes of being ready for the team Samsung Super League competition on
Friday.
Kimberly Prince of Hume, Va. on her 10-year-old gelding, Couletto K
James, placed 36th.
In the Waysteiner-Preis, Preis von Europa, Jeffery Welles of Ridgefield,
Conn. rode Armani, the 11-year-old gelding that has achieved several
major victories so far this year both in the U.S. and Europe. They
finished in 29th place. Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, N.Y. on Authentic
was 33rd, McLain Ward of Brewster, N.Y. on Sapphire was 35th, and Laura
Kraut on Miss Independent was 39th.
With the sun shining for the first time in several days, the newly
completed stadium was filled almost to its capacity of 44,000. Show
jumpers are competing for a total of $1.2 million in prize money over
six days.
The Baltic Horse Show Challenge of the Sexes saw a team comprised of
Laura Kraut of the United States, Ellen Whitaker of Britain, Katharina
Offel of the Ukraine, Helena Weinberg of Germany and Eugenie Angot of
France beat a team of male riders that included Ludger Beerbaum and
Marco Kutscher of Germany, Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, Markus Fuchs of
Switzerland and Dermott Lennon of Ireland.
The United States riders are competing in Aachen with the help of grants
from the United States Equestrian Team Foundation.
Your contributions to the United States Equestrian Team Foundation
support America's High Performance athletes at international
competitions. Please contribute online at www.uset.org
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Visit the official website of the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen,
Germany at: http://www.chioaachen.de or
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