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Top Dressage Stars Will Vie for USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship and Spot in World Cup Finals March 16 – 19 in Florida

Lexington, KY - The 2006 USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship/US League Finals CDI-W is a dual championship being held in conjunction with the Zada Enterprises, LLC WEF Dressage Classic CDI3*/W in Wellington, Florida, March 16-19, 2006.

It is one competition serving the purposes of crowning the USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Champion and at the same time serving as the U.S League Final determining the two horse and rider combinations that will go to the World Cup Finals in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 20th -23rd. The following combinations have qualified for the U.S League Final and will be contending for the two World Cup Final slots as well as the USEF National Championship title:

• Leslie Morse of Beverly Hills, California and Tip Top, her twelve year old Swedish Warmblood stallion
• Arlene Page of Wellington, Florida, and her Wild One, a ten year old Hanoverian gelding
• George Williams of Delaware, Ohio and Marnix, a twelve year old Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Charles and Joann Smith, of Richwood, Ohio
• Karen Lipp of Ball Ground, Georgia and Caribi, a thirteen year old Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Shereen Fuqua of Atlanta, Georgia

The competition will consist of two tests, the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle; but only the Grand Prix Freestyle will determine the overall U.S League Final placement and the top two combinations which will go on to compete at the World Cup Final.

The following combinations will join those listed above in competing for the USEF National Grand Prix Freestyle Championship title:

• Michael Barisone of Califon, New Jersey and Neruda, an eleven year old Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Jane Suwalsky of Long Valley, New Jersey and Barisone
• Pierre St Jacques of Boscawen, New Hampshire and his Lucky Tiger, an eleven year old Danish Warmblood gelding
• Jessica Jo Tate of Walworth, Wisconsin and her Cambay, a fourteen year old Swedish Warmblood gelding
• Melissa Taylor Yee of Wellington, Florida and Succes, an 11 year Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Lars Peterson of West Grove, Pennsylvania
• Karin Offield of Harbor Springs, Michigan and her Hexagon’s Louisville, a thirteen year old Dutch Warmblood stallion
  

The Grand Prix will be held on Friday, March 17th at 7:00 PM and the Grand Prix Freestyle will be held on Saturday, March 18th at 7:00 PM. For more information regarding the show please visit www.stadiumjumping.com

For the complete list of 2006 U.S. Dressage League Finals/USEF National Freestyle Championship standings log onto www.usef.org, click on High Performance, then Dressage, and finally, 2006 USFC/USLF Rankings.

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For more information, please contact Maria Partlow, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications on (859) 225-6941 or via email at [email protected]. USEF press releases are available on our web site – www.usef.org.

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