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Articles: Press Release
New Opportunity for Reiners - Inaugural USEF CRI* National Championship
to be Held in 2008
Contact:
United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.
4047 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
Tel: (859) 258-2472
Fax (859) 231-6662
Web site: www.usef.org
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 29, 2008
Lexington, KY -- The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is
launching a new International Reining initiative for 2008. The inaugural
USEF CRI* National Reining Championship will be held concurrently with
the Adequan/USEF National Open Reining Championships presented by Equine
Motorcoach during the NRHA Derby in Oklahoma City, OK on June 27, 2008.
The USEF CRI* National Reining Championship is open to any rider who is
not on the 2008 USEF Reining Long List or is on the restricted portion
of the Long List and who has not competed in the Open Reining
Championship in the last three years.
This Championship was designed to help develop the future of the sport
of Reining on an International level. To facilitate the growth of the
High Performance Reining Program, the top 10 riders from the USEF CRI*
National Reining Championship will be added to the USEF Reining Long
List and will be eligible to compete in the Open Reining Championships
the following year.
For more information, please contact Courtney Barnett at:
cbarnett@usef.org.
The vision of the United States Equestrian Federation(r) is to provide
leadership
for equestrian sport in the United States of America by 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 human and equine athletes.
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