Wellington, FL - February 18, 2006 - Here are the latest standings for the $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival. The standings include Thursday's $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series, Round IV. The next qualifying event is the $75,000 Bainbridge Idle Dice Classic, presented by the Palm Beach Post on Sunday, February 19th in the Internationale Arena at 2 p.m.

FTI Consulting Inc. and Stadium Jumping, Inc. have collaborated for the $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge, a six week challenge for the top riders in the world. The FTI Rider Challenge is a rider bonus pool for $200,000 in which the riders receive points based on the number of riders in the seven Thursday and seven Sunday Grand Prix events that are all part of WEF in Wellington. During the Thursday Grand Prix events, riders must declare the horse with which they would like to be scored. During the Sunday Grand Prix events, the riders are only allowed to ride one horse, which will accumulate points based on their performance.

First place in a grand prix will be awarded one additional point more than the number of riders in that particular competition. Second place will be awarded two points less than the number of riders, and third place will be awarded three points less than the number of riders. Each placing will subsequently be given a score based on this formula and the order in which they finish the competition.

In the event of a tie for the final results, the rider that has won the most events will take the purse. The rider with the most points accumulated at the end of WEF in Wellington will be awarded $100,000. Second place will be given $50,000, third place will receive $30,000, and $20,000 will be given to fourth place.

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$200,000 FTI RIDER CHALLENGE STANDINGS - Released 2/18/06

1 322 BEEZIE MADDEN USA 51 59 48 27 57 49 31

2 283 MARIO DESLAURIERS CAN 52 50 54 37 38 45 7

3 260 MCLAIN WARD USA 45 56 38 42 46 32 1

4 254 MARGIE ENGLE USA 41 29 37 39 51 46 11

5 254 MEGAN LAMAZE USA 42 57 25 30 45 55

6 253 TODD MINIKUS USA 53 54 24 40 47 35

7 221 ERIC LAMAZE CAN 37 39 23 59 53 10

8 212 LAURA CHAPOT USA 46 55 43 56 12

9 198 SCHUYLER RILEY USA 39 45 34 12 24 44

10 196 LAURA KRAUT USA 50 24 52 48 22

11 189 IAN MILLAR CAN 27 53 51 15 16 27

12 181 GEORGINA BLOOMBERG USA 7 58 13 56 38 9