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Articles: Press Release
Morse Withdraws Kingston; Barisone and Neruda to Head to Hong Kong as
Traveling Replacement for US Olympic Team in Dressage
Contact:
United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.
4047 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
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Web site: www.usef.org
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2008
By Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY - Leslie Morse has withdrawn Kingston from the US Olympic
Team in Dressage for veterinary reasons. Following the selection
procedures, the USEF named replacement horse/rider combination Michael
Barisone/Neruda as the traveling replacement for the US Olympic Team in
Dressage.
The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the 2008 US
Olympic Team in Dressage:
Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner (in alphabetical order):
Steffen Peters/44/San Diego, CA/Ravel/10/Dutch Warmblood/G/Akiko
Yamazaki
Debbie McDonald/54/Hailey, ID/Brentina/17/Hanoverian/M/Peggy and Parry
Thomas
Courtney King-Dye/31/New Milford, CT/Harmony's Mythilus/14/Dutch
Warmblood/G/Harmony Amateur Sports Foundation
Traveling replacement:
Michael Barisone/44/Califon, NJ/Neruda/13/Dutch Warmblood/G/Jane
Suwalsky
The horses shipped to Hong Kong for the Olympic Games on July 30, the
dressage competition begins on August 13.
ENDS
Please see www.usef.org for complete selection
procedures.
For information regarding selection, please contact Gil Merrick,
Managing Director of Dressage at gmerrick@usef.org.
For media requests, 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.
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