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United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.
4047 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 25, 2007

Lexington, KY- Facing competition from nine other countries, the Americans took home the bronze medal in the team competition and a gold medal went to US teammate Miranda Cadwell for the pairs division in the 2007 FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships July 18-22 in Knabstrup, Denmark.

Overall, the team gold medal was won by Germany, the team silver medal was won by Holland and the United States won the bronze medal.

After some intense cone driving with her ponies, thirty-seven-year-old Cadwell claimed victory in the pairs class by just 0.72 points to take home the gold. The silver medal went to Germany's Steffen Abicht and the bronze for Danish Lars Dau.

Complete results of the championship can be found at:
http://www.wdch-pony-07.dk/en/wdch_pony/results/results.html

Other American driver results:
Single pony:
Ninth place: Suzy Stafford
Tenth place: Shelly Temple
(Out of 29 entries)

Pair pony:
First place: Randy Cadwell
(Out of 24 entries)

Four-in-Hand:
Fourth place: Lisa Stroud
Seventh place: Laurie Astengiano
(Out of 19 entries)

For more information, please contact Wendy Wares, USEF Director of Driving Programs, at (908) 326-1159 or via email at wwares@usef.org.

Stacey Meier

ENDS

As the National Governing Body (NGB) of Equestrian Sport, the United States Equestrian Federation(r), Inc. (USEF) is the regulatory body for 28 breeds and disciplines, including our country's international teams competing in the disciplines of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, para-equestrian, reining, show jumping and vaulting. With over 87,000 members, it is the country's largest multi-breed organization and annually license more than 2,800 competitions nationwide. The USEF governs all aspects of competition, including education and licensing of all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate shows.

Vision Statement: The vision of United States Equestrian Federation(r) is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grassroots 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.