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Articles: Press Release
USEF National Driving Championships Announced; Selection Procedures
Finalized
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 21, 2008
By Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY --The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Executive
Committee has approved two important High Performance Driving
initiatives for 2008.
USEF National Championships Announced
Dates and Locations for the 2008 National Driving Championships are as
follows:
* The 2008 USEF National Four-in-Hand Championship and the USEF
National Single Horse Championship will be held simultaneously at the
Live Oak Combined Driving event in Ocala, FL March 27-30. Please visit
the Live Oak website: www.cailiveoak.com
for more information about the venue and the competition.
* The ponies have their championships in the fall when the 2008
USEF National Pony Driving Championship will be held during the Laurels
at Landhope competition in Unionville, PA. This competition will also
play host to the 2008 USEF National Pair Championship and runs September
4-7. Please see www.laurelscde.org for
further details.
Selection Procedures Approved
* The selection procedures for the 2008 Single Horse World
Championships and the 2008 Four-in-Hand World Championships have both
been approved and can be found on the USEF website:
http://www.usef.org/Contentpage2.aspx?id=hpdriving.
For more information please contact Wendy Wares-Cook at 908.326.1159 or
wwcooke@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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