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Articles: Press Release
USEF Announces Team for the 2004 World Singles Driving Championship
Contact:
United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.
4047 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511-8483 Tel: (859) 258-2472
Fax (859) 231-6662 Web site: www.usef.org
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 26, 2004
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) today announced the team
for the 2004 World Singles Driving Championship in Astorp, Sweden in
July 22-25. The team is as follows:
- Driver Age Hometown Horse Age & Breed
- Fred Merriam 54 Newfane, Vermont Gaitwood Lightwing
Age 9, Morgan
- Scott Monroe 51 Sharon, Connecticut Bethesda After Dark
Age 10, Morgan
- Scott Padgett 27 Southern Pines, North Carolina Collector's
Right Stuff Age 13, Morgan
Alternate team member
- Driver Age Hometown Horse Age & Breed
- Kate Shields 55 Middleburg, Virginia Hastening Pilgrim
Age 10, Welsh Cob
The team members and alternate were recommended by the USEF Driving
Selectors by a unanimous vote of those selectors eligible to vote. "I
feel this may be the strongest team we have sent to a World Singles
Driving Championship", said Tucker Johnson, Chairman of the Singles
Selection Committee, "and I am proud to have been part of the selection
process". The High Performance Committee was unanimous in their
acceptance of this recommendation.
ENDS
For more information, please contact Maria Partlow, Senior Vice
President of Marketing and Communications on (859) 225-6941 or via email
at mpartlow@usef.org. USEF press
releases are available on our web
site - www.usef.org.
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.
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