Gladstone, NJ-October 1, 2001-Kimberly Vinoski of Scottsville, VA was named USET Athlete of the Month for September following her win at the Blenheim Petplan International Three Day Event CCI ***, September 6-9 in Woodstock, England.

Vinoski, riding Winsome Adante, owned by Linda E.A. Wachmeister, finished the three-phase competition with a score of 41.6 penalties, beating an international field of over a hundred competitors that included Great Britain's 2000 Olympic Team Silver Medalist, Pippa Funnell, and the 1996 Olympic and 1998 World Champion Blyth Tait who recently won the 2001 Burghley CCI ****, as well as the Burghley runner up, Andrew Nicholson, who finished this event in second place as well.

Vinoski, who was the recipient of a 2001 USET Developing Rider European Competition and Training grant, was clear on the cross country and stadium jumping phases to finish on her dressage score and place just ahead of Andrew Nicholson of New Zealand, who completed the competition with a total score of 42.6 penalties. Polly Stockton of Great Britain was third with 45.6 penalties.

In 1999, Vinoski had placed second at Blenheim with Over The Limit. Earlier that year, she had won the Rolex/USET Three-Star Spring Championship at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event presented by Bayer.

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