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USEF Reining Championship Awarded to Kentucky Horse Park The nations’ best reiners will be coming to the heart of Kentucky in 2005 as a result of the combined efforts of the USEF, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) and the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). The USEF Open Reining Championship will be the headliner class at Fiesta in the Park—a new show that offers reining and hunter/jumper events, side-by-side in the Kentucky Horse Park. The show, slated for August 23-28, will also serve as an FEI World Reining Masters Series qualifying competition, which means it will be a qualifier for the 2005 FEI World Reining Masters Final, scheduled to take place in Europe next year. The show will also feature a new USEF Youth Reining Championship, a large selection of NRHA classes and a Non Pro Classic. For more, click here. USEF Rule Permits Surpass® Effective December 1, 2004, the USEF Equine Drugs and Medications Rule permits the therapeutic use of Surpass®, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) recently approved by the FDA for use in horses. This is a topical preparation of 1% diclofenac cream from IDEXX Pharmaceuticals.
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Special November Offer from Nextel During the month of November, USEF members can look forward to extra savings with Nextel through the USEF’s Purchasing Program. Through November 30, 2004, USEF members activating a new line of service through Nextel are eligible to buy five i205 phones for 99 cents each. If activating a new line of service with less than five phones, the cost will be $9.99 each. In addition, i315 phones will be offered buy one, get one free (buy three or more for only $88) and members will be offered $100 Blackberry credit with an eligible data device trade-in. For more details on the discounts available through Nextel, log on to www.nextel.com/usef. To purchase online, use the code NANTR. Or to find out more about discounts offered on other useful products and services through the USEF purchasing program, give us a call and we’ll send you the details. Call toll-free, (877) 576-6872, or visit www.usef.org/content/marketing/groupPurchasing.php. The program is free with your USEF membership, and believe us, there are no strings attached. USEF Changes Face of Vaulting with Debut of National Ranking List For the full story, click here. Dressage Tests at the 2005 World Championships The FEI Driving Committee has announced the dressage tests that will be used at the forthcoming Championships in 2005. For the full story, click here. Sponsor Slots Selling Fast for USEF 2005 Annual Meeting Sponsor slots are selling fast, but a limited number of spaces are still available for the United States Equestrian Federation’s 2005 Annual Meeting. Known to attract the most influential equestrians and decision-makers in the sport, the 2005 Annual Meeting will be hosted at Louisville’s prestigious Seelbach Hilton Hotel, January 12-16. For the full story, click here. Check Your Standings in the USEF Horse of the Year Award Program Please click here to review your Zone, Regional and National standings. To access your horse’s point report in the authorized user’s area, click here.
Be sure to make plans to attend the 5th Annual Horseman's Day Educational Event in Denver, CO, at the Marriot Citty Center Hotel on December 5. This year's presenters will speak on topics, including parasite control, Cushing's disease, dentistry, foal care, preventative care strategies to maximize your performance horse's success and more. There will also be a trade fair this year that will include AAEP Educational and Alliance Partners! For more information, contact dkirkland@aaep.org, or call the AAEP office at (800) 443-0177. New! 2005 FEI Eventing Dressage Tests The FEI has put out new Eventing Dressage tests for use beginning in 2005. The movements may be found on the USEF website. If you have any questions, please contact Torri Nahorniak, Eventing Sports Manager, at tnahorniak@usef.org. United States Equestrian Team Foundation Picks GráficaGroup as Its Agency of Record The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation officially announced that it has retained GráficaGroup as its Public Relations Agency of Record. The USET Foundation, based in Gladstone, NJ, supports American equestrian athletes competing in national and international competitions, including the World Equestrian Games, the Pan American Games, and the Olympics. Gráfica (www.grafica.com) is a nationally ranked, full-service, fully integrated advertising and public relations agency based in Chester, NJ. For the full story , click here. Historic Buffalo Equestrian Center Hosts Successful Clinic with Legendary Equestrian George Morris The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center, located at the Buffalo Equestrian Center, hosted the seventh annual clinic with the legendary George Morris on November 14-16 for riders from the region. The clinic was beneficial to riders and auditors alike, and was organized by Susie Schoellkopf, Executive Director of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center. For the full story, click here. Frequently Asked Questions For answers to other frequently asked questions, go to http://www.usef.org/content/faqs. If you have a question that is not answered in the existing FAQs, please submit the question to oprovost@usef.org . G.G. Valentine and Jennifer Alfano Capture Working Hunter Championship at Syracuse Invitational Horse Show Barbara Kearney's G.G. Valentine and two-time World Championship Hunter Rider Jennifer Alfano of Buffalo, NY, finished their show season as winners at the 2004 Syracuse Invitational Horse Show. Held at the OnStar Center in Syracuse, NY, for the second time, the best riders came to compete from throughout North America. Alfano and G.G. Valentine took home the Working Hunter Championship to cap off their extraordinary 2004 season. For the full story, click here. Olympic Medal Winners Graduates of Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event The Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners in Eventing at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens are all “graduates” of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Bayer. Held annually at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington the last weekend in April, the Kentucky Three-Day is organized by Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI), a non-profit charitable corporation created in 1975 to stage the 1978 World Three-Day Event Championships. Following the success of those World Championships, the U.S. national federation asked EEI to organize an annual Three-Day Event in the spring and the Kentucky Three-Day Event was born. For the full story, click here. Selection Trials for the U.S. Tent Pegging Association's International Competition Team The United States Tent Pegging Association (USTPA) will be holding selection trials for eligible riders to compete for a position on the USTPA international competition team. Those selected for the team will be representing the United States at FEI-sanctioned events overseas and in the continental United States. For the full story, click here. Todd Minikus Flies to Victory in $60,000 CN World Cup Grand Prix Todd Minikus of the United States flew to victory riding Flier in the $60,000 CN World Cup Grand Prix held Wednesday, November 10, at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON, Canada. For the full story, click here. ASHA to Renew American Saddlebred Horse Register The American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) has not published an official register since 1988. That will all change in 2005. ASHA has teamed with Harris Publishing to release the American Saddle Horse Register for all registered foals in 2004. Each horse will be listed with his or her registration number, foaling date, city and state of breeding, as well as the first, second and third sires and dams. The publication will also include the names of the more than 45,000 Saddlebreds that have been registered since the last time the register was published in 1991, which included horses registered in 1988. For the full story, click here. Olympic Eventing DVDs Own a part of the Athens Olympics. Buy a special DVD and support the U.S. Three-Day Event Team. Watch all five U.S. riders in all three phases. DVDs will be available for sale (and autographed) at the USEA convention in San Francisco, or to order now, click here for the order form. 1% Below Factory Invoice on Select New Dodge Vehicles for USEF Members Real savings for USEF members through USEF Purchasing. For more information, call USEF Purchasing toll-free (877) 576-6872. 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 20 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 USEF 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. ©2004, United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. |
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