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USA
Equestrian / Performance Horse Registry Announce Event Horse
Breeders Symposium
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Sporthorse
breeders with an interest in eventing won't want to miss the inaugural
Event Horse Breeders Symposium to be held April 24-23, 2003, during
the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park.
The
symposium, organized by USA Equestrian and presented by the Performance
Horse Registry (PHR), is the creation of Breeders Committee chairman
Denny Emerson, correspondent Robby Johnson, and PHR founder, Ned
Bonnie. Designed to help educate breeders on the finer points
of breeding for eventing, this symposium will feature a conformation
evaluation of world class event horses Giltedge, Prince Panache
and Molokai. Pedigree analysis of 2003 Rolex entries, and commentary
by several noted experts, including Jim Graham, Drs. Kent Allen
and Peter Birdsall, Denny Emerson, Dorothy Crowell (plus others
not available at press time), will also anchor the agenda.
Emerson
said, "The time has come for breeders in America to focus
on breeding horses with the express intent of careers in eventing.
We hope this symposium will be a launching point for the development
of more programs for other breeds and disciplines."
Cost
is $50 per person ($25 for juniors) for the two-day presentation.
The symposium is conveniently scheduled shortly after Rolex daily
competition concludes. Reservations are required and enrollment
is limited to 150 people.
For
more information, contact Cheryll Frank, USA Equestrian, 4047
Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511, Tel: 859-225-6980 or
email: cmfrank@equestrian.org.
Pedigrees
on the Internet
In
addition, 'Pedigrees on the Internet,' a one-hour Lunch-and-Learn
program for all breeds and disciplines will be offered Thursday
and Friday at the USA Equestrian offices from 12-1:30 PM. The
program will cover the multitude of pedigree databases available
for all breeds on the internet as well as the developing USA Equestrian
database. Cost is $25 per person, per day, and includes a box
lunch. Reservations are required and enrollment is limited to
50 per day.
For
more information, contact Cheryll Frank, USA Equestrian, 4047
Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511, Tel: 859-225-6980 or
email: cmfrank@equestrian.org.
For more information visit the PHR website at http://www.phr.com.
USA
Equestrian Inc., 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 19 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 USA Equestrian 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.
www.equestrian.org
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