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Articles: Press Release
Champions Crowned at Inaugural 2001 Monarch
International/AHSA Junior Hunter National Championship
Contact:
USA Equestrian, Inc.
(Formerly American Horse Shows Association)
4047 Iron Works Parkway,
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
Tel: (859) 258 2472
Fax (859) 231 6662
Web site: www.ahsa.org
August 14, 2001
USA Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today the winners of the inaugural
2001 Monarch International/AHSA Junior Hunter National Championship which
took place August 12-13th, 2001 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural
Center, Fletcher, NC.
Exhibitors have gone head-to-head over the past two days competing in an
over-fences class, a handy hunter class and an under-saddle class after
qualifying to compete in this new event by winning a Championship or Reserve
Championship at an "A" or "AA" rated AHSA competition between July 16, 2000
and July 15, 2001.
Overall Large Junior Hunter Champion - Callie Schott (Almost Famous),
Versailles, KY - owner/rider.
Overall Small Junior Hunter Champion - Courtney McKay (Onyz), Ocala, FL;
owner - Aspen Grove Ranch, Los Angeles, CA.
Grand Champion - Onyz
Reserve Grand Champion - Almost Famous.
Following on from this event will be the 2001 AHSA Pony Finals, which begins
today at the same venue and runs through Friday, August 17th 2001.
For more information, please contact Christine E. Stafford, Director of
Communications on (859) 225 6923 or via email at cstafford@ahsa.org
cstafford@ahsa.org. AHSA press
releases are available on our web
site - http://www.ahsa.org/ .
USA Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is
the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of
dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting,
as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over
77,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each
year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and
licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate at
these shows.
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