Disciplines: National Developing Horse Dressage

Sponsored by the Dutta Corporation and Performance Sales International

USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championship

The USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championship (sponsored by the Dutta Corporation and Performance Sales International) will return to Lexington, Kentucky in September 2008, in conjunction with the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championships. This program for 7- to 9-year-old horses at the FEI Prix St. Georges level continues USEF’s initiative to recognize up-and-coming dressage talent – not only for riders, but also for horses. "This Championship is the next step in encouraging the development our future High Performance and Team horses," explains Gil Merrick, USEF Managing Director of Dressage and High Performance Dressage. "With the support of competitors and our generous sponsors (the Dutta Corporation and PSI), we had a tremendously successful first year and look forward to continued growth for this division."

The qualification period for the 2008 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program and for the 2008 USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championship (sponsored by the Dutta Corporation and Performance Sales International) begins for the 2008 season on January 1st, 2008. In a new qualification format for these programs, only designated "qualifying competitions" held during the qualification period of January 1 – August 15, 2008 may be used to obtain scores towards Selection Trials and National Championships.

USEF/USDF-Licensed Dressage Competitions which were previously announced as 2008 USEF/NAJYRC qualifiers have now also been invited to be official qualifying competitions for the Young Horse and Developing Horse Programs. "Offering the complete spectrum of USEF National Championship qualifying opportunities at these designated competitions should provide a very attractive incentive package for both exhibitors and officials," notes Jennifer Keeler, USEF National Director of Dressage. Also new for 2008, these programs will implement score tracking and ongoing ranking lists for each division. "Mirroring our High Performance divisions, USEF will now automatically track horses’ qualifying scores and maintain national ranking lists for the Young and Developing Horse divisions," says Ms. Keeler. "This eliminates the need for manual score submissions and streamlines the entire qualification process for competitors."

2008 Championship season begins January 1, 2008!!!

• 2008 Selection Procedures - click HERE
• Official 2008 Designated Qualifying Competitions - click HERE - Updated list 4/16/08 - Summer Qualifiers Now Added
• 2008 Application of Intent Now Available! Click HERE
• USEF Developing Horse Test - Must be used for qualifying as of January 1, 2008
• Ranking List - Now Available - updated 8/6/08

2007 Results - National Championships