USA Equestrian is pleased to announce that according to FEI/BCM World Dressage Rider Rankings, Lisa Wilcox continues her climb, moving from 8th to 7th place. Wilcox sits just behind Heike Kemmer, of Germany who occupies the 6th spot. Ulla Salzgeber of Germany holds on to 1st place followed by Lars Petersen of Denmark, 2nd, Nadine Capellmann of Germany, 3rd, Isabell Werth of Germany 4th and Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands 5th.

Originally from Thousand Oaks, CA, and now based in Cappeln, Germany, Wilcox is trained by Ernst Hoyos from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria.

Other U.S. riders in the top 100 include Guenter Seidel, 22nd, Kamilla DuPont, 55th, Cheri Reiber 67nd, Debbie McDonald, 72th, Sue Jaccoma, 89th and Gunnar Ostergaard, 93rd.

For more information, please contact Sarah Holt, Public Relations on (859) 225 6974 or via email at sholt@equestrian.org. USA Equestrian press releases are available on our web site - http://www.equestrian.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 80,000 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.