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United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.
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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2008

By Joanie Morris

Lexington, KY -- Pending the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), the USEF has recommended the following horse/rider combinations for the US Olympic Team in Show Jumping for the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Hong Kong, China Aug 15-21, 2008.

Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner

Beezie Madden/45/Cazenovia, NY/Authentic/13/ KWPN/G/Abigail Wexner

McLain Ward/33/Brewster, NY/Sapphire/13/McLain Ward, Tom Grossman and Blue Chip Bloodstock

Will Simpson/49/Thousand Oaks, CA/El Campeon's Carlsson vom Dach/12/Holsteiner/ El Campeon Farm

Laura Kraut/43/Wellington, FL/Cedric /10/KWPN/G/Happy Hill Farm and Peter Wetherill

First Replacement (will travel with the team to Hong Kong):

Anne Kursinski/49/Frenchtown, NJ/Champ 163/ 9/Holsteiner/S/ Legacy Stables

Additional Replacements in ranking order:

Charlie Jayne/22/Elgin,IL/Urbanus/11/Belgian Warmblood/G/Alex Jayne

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/33/Thousand Oaks, CA/SRF Dragonfly/11/Belgian Warmblood/M/Silver Raven Farm and Katie Polk

Anne Kursinski/49/ Frenchtown, NJ/Roxana 112/14/Hessen/M/Scott Hakim

Kate Levy/27/Wellington/Vent du Nord/10/Belgian Warmblood/G/Kate Levy LLC and Nadine Levy

Georgina Bloomberg/25/New York, NY/Curius/13/Holsteiner/S/Gotham North Enterprizes, LLC

Cara Raether/29/North Palm Beach, FL/Ublesco/11/Belgian Warmblood/S/Treelawny Farm

Beezie Madden/45/Cazenovia, NY/Judgement/17/Royal Dutch Warmblood/S/Iron Spring Farm

ENDS

For more information about selection, please contact Lizzy Chesson, High Performance Show Jumping Activities at lchesson@usef.org.

For media inquiries, please contact Joanie Morris, High Performance Communications Manager at jmorris@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.