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Articles: Press Release
U.S. Dressage Rider Wins in Wiesbaden
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
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 25, 2001
USA Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today that U.S. riders scored
notable successes at the international dressage show, Wiesbaden CDI,
Germany, September 20-23, 2001. Lisa Wilcox, originally from Thousand Oaks,
CA, and now based in Cappeln, Germany, riding the 10-year-old Oldenburg
stallion Relevant (Rubinstein I-Havanna) scored an impressive 79.04% to win
the Grand Prix Kur beating Germany into second and third place. Wilcox also
came second riding the 11-year-old Oldenburg stallion Rohdiamant (Rubinstein
I-Elektia V) in the Grand Prix Special on a score of 72.65% just 0.47%
behind Germany's Olympic veteran, Monica Theodorescu (Renaissance Fleur).
Sydney Olympian, Guenter Seidel, from Del Mar, CA, riding the 12-year-old
Westfalian gelding Nikolas (Weinberg-Elise), was fourth in the same class on
a score of 70.65% and Arlene Page of Wellington, FL, aboard the
nine-year-old Holsteiner mare Claire (Cassini-Umaica) finished in tenth
place on 66.0%.
Wilcox also won the Grand Prix Kur Tour with a score of 73.76% riding
Relevant, again beating German riders at the top of the leader board. The
in-form Wilcox secured a second place in the Grand Prix with Rohdiamant on a
score of 69.56% with Seidel finishing in third place on Nikolaus with
69.44%.
For other results of U.S. riders, please visit our web site at
http://www.ahsa.org/press/CompetitionResults/index.html.
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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