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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2008

By Joanie Morris

Lexington, KY -- The USEF has named the following four horse/rider combinations to the 2008 Show Jumping Developing/Young Rider Tour based off their ranking on the April 25, 2008 USEF Computer List.

The following four horse/rider combinations will compete at the CSIO4* Poznan in Poland June 5-8, the CSI3* Aach in Germany June 12-15, and the CSIO4* Lipica in Slovakia June 26-29. They will be under the guidance of Chef d'Equipe Melanie Smith Taylor.

Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner Michael Morrissey/22/Bradenton, FL/Crelido/12/Holsteiner/G/Eugene Mische James Benedetto /43/ Kings Park, NY/Kannan S Gigi Z/10/Zangersheider Reitpferd/M/Equinimity LLC Tracy Magness /36/Baltimore, MD/Tarco Van Ter Moude/12/Belgian Warmblood/G/John and Barbara Bartko Alexa Lowe/31/Upperville, VA/Nadyleen/13/Dutch Warmblood/M/Windsor Farm Sales

Alternates in this order: Jeanne Hobbs/21/Pinehurst, NC/Night and Day 8/15/Oldenburg/G/Jeanne Hobbs

Last year's Tour was very successful with the riders scoring a Nations Cup win in Hamina, Finland. Funding for the 2008 Tour has been made possible by a grant from the USET Foundation.

For more information please contact Lizzy Chesson, Director of Show Jumping, High Performance Activities at lchesson@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.