Todd Crawford and his mount Matt Dillon Dun It, owned by 3 Peaks Ranch, Bend Oregon, won the $75,000 Bayer/USEF Open Reining Championship during International Day at the 2004 NRHA Derby with a score of 228.5. This win raises Crawford's lifetime earnings to $94,636.56.

Todd Sommers aboard Remin Whiz, owned by Lucy Van Swearingen, was crowned reserve champion with a score of 226. Scott McCutcheon, a member of the 2002 World Equestrian Games Gold Medal Reining Team, rode Brad Hattig's Steady's Dude to take 3rd place.

NRHA Hall of Famers Bill Horn and Trashadeous rode their way to 4th place with a score of 222. Horn was awarded the Don Burt award for being the highest placed rider in the Open Championship not in the top 50 of the USEF Reining Long List.

Riders were competing for not only the Bayer/USEF Open Reining Championship but also for a chance to go to the FEI World Reining Masters Final to be held at the NRHA Futurity and Championship Show this fall. Two riders from the United States will be selected based on total monies earned at International Reining Competitions (CRI's) held this year. At the Futurity riders from all over the world will come to Oklahoma City, OK to vie for the title of World Reining Master! The purse will be big ($100,000) and the Reining exciting so be sure to make plans to attend this spectacular event!

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The United States Equestrian Federation Inc.(USEF), 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.

VISION STATEMENT
The vision of the United States Equestrian Federation is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian federation in the world.

Also, the lifetime earnings of Matt Dillon Dun It are $94,636.56. It was incorrectly reported that that amount was the lifetime earnings of Todd Crawford.