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Articles: Press Release
Peebles Retires as National Show Horse
Registry Executive Director
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 26, 2001
USA Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today that Robert Peebles retired
from his position as Executive Director of the National Show Horse Registry
(NSHR) on September 16, 2001. Kim Ratte-Bunten, NSHR Chairman of the Board
and Chair of the USA Equestrian National Show Horse Division Committee made
the announcement during a special presentation in the evening session of the
2001 National Show Horse Finals at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in
Springfield, IL, on Saturday, September 15.
Mr. Peebles had served as Executive Director of the NSHR for 19 years. He
has been an active member of the USA Equestrian National Show Horse Division
Committee and Licensed Officials Committee for a number of years. He will
continue to serve on the USA Equestrian committees, act as Show Manager for
the NSH Finals, and will serve as a consultant to the NSHR.
Individuals in center ring for the announcement and presentation were: Kim
Ratte-Bunten, Mary Jane Peebles, Robert Peebles, Bruce Milligan, a very
close friend and former NSHR Chairman of the Board, Pam Milligan, Melissa
Milligan, Brenda Jett, the NSHR Registrar, and Gayle Garrett, new Executive
Director of the NSHR.
Bruce and Pam Milligan purchased and donated a trophy honoring Mr. Peebles,
entitled "Robert Peebles Five Gaited Open Perpetual Trophy", which was
unveiled during the presentation.
Gayle Garrett, the new Executive Director of the NSHR, has been employed by
the NSHR since January 1983, serving in numerous capacities. For the past
two years, she has worked as editor of the NSHR's publication, National Show
Horse, as well as serving as Registry Manager. Ms. Garrett also developed
and maintains the NSHR's website, www.nshregistry.org .
Ms. Garrett stated, "Since the announcement of my new position, I have
received numerous suggestions from members for new programs and ideas for
the further development of the National Show Horse breed. I plan to work
closely with the membership and the NSHR Board of Directors to implement
programs and promote the NSH breed."
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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