Gladstone, NJ --July 23, 2000 --The United States Equestrian Team (USET) and Karen O'Connor announced today that the horse "Regal Scot" will no longer be considered for the 2000 Olympic Games Eventing Team. Mrs. O'Connor along with her other mount, Prince Panache, was recently named to the short list for the 2000 Olympic Games Eventing Team.

On July 14, 2000 it became necessary for veterinary reasons for the horse "Regal Scot" to be admitted to Auburn University Veterinary Hospital. In moving the horse to Auburn University, the pre-export quarantine that this horse was undergoing at Foxhall Farm in Douglasville, GA, along with the rest of the 2000 Olympic Games Eventing Short List and Alternate Horses, was broken. Even though the horse was placed in an isolation facility at Auburn University and did not come into contact in any way with other horses while away from the quarantine facility, our request to the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, through the USDA, for this horse to return to its pre-existing pre-export quarantine was denied. Regal Scot will be unable to return to Foxhall Farm at this time and will not be allowed to travel with the other Short Listed horses to Australia on the charter aircraft scheduled to depart from Louisville, KY on July 31, 2000.

Because this horse will be unable to complete Mandatory Training or participate in the Mandatory Short List Outings he will no longer be considered for selection for the 2000 Olympic Games Eventing Team.