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Cosequin Named for Title Sponsor for USET Intermediaire
I Championship/Pan American Games Dressage Selection Trials
at Bayer/USET Festival of Champions, Presented by State
Line Tack
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Gladstone, NJJune 9, 2003 Cosequin has been named
title sponsorship for the USET Intermediaire Championship/Pan
American Games dressage selection trials, June 19-22 at the Bayer/United
States Equestrian Team (USET) Festival of Champions, Presented
by State Line Tack, at the USET Olympic Training Center in Gladstone,
NJ.
The
Cosequin USET Intermediaire I Championship at the Festival will
serve as the selection trials to choose the four horse-and-rider
combinations who will represent the United States in dressage
at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
August 7-10.
Cosequin
has a long history of sponsorship with the Team including, over
the years, support of reining, jumping, eventing and driving,
said USET Executive Director Bonnie B. Jenkins. This new
sponsorship of the I-1 Championship now associates them with dressage,
broadening their support into yet another discipline and support
of the athletes that will represent the United States at the 2003
Pan American Games.
In
addition to the Cosequin USET Intermediaire Championship/Pan American
Games Selection Trials, the Dressage Division at the Festival
will also feature the USET Grand Prix Championship, qualifiers
for the North American Young Riders Championships and the
National Disability Sports Alliance (NDSA) Championship for Riders
with Disabilities. The Festival will feature Show Jumping with
the $50,000 Rolex/USET Show Jumping Championship and the USET
Junior and Amateur-Owner Talent Derbies, both presented by BET
on Jazz; the USET Endurance 75-Mile Championship, and the Bayer
Reining Division with the USET Reining Championship, Futures Championship
and Young Rider Medal Final.
A wide range of gourmet dining options as well as a country fair
will complement the equestrian activities taking place in three
rings. The fair will feature equine demonstrations, falconry and
blacksmith demonstrations, the Jersey Fresh Horse Expo, as well
as vendors offering top-quality jewelry, souvenirs, and products
for the home as well as the stable.
General admission will be ten dollars for adults and five dollars
for children under the age of twelve. Children under the age of
six will again be admitted free of charge. There will be free
admission for all spectators on Thursday, June 19.
The United States Equestrian Team is a non-profit organization
that selects, trains, equips and finances equestrians of the highest
possible standard to represent our country in major international
competition, including the Olympic Games and the World Championships.
To accomplish this, the USET seeks out and nurtures the development
of talented athletes - riders, drivers and horses - and provides
the support and guidance they need to help them attain their fullest
potential. For more information on the USET, please call (908)
234-1251, or visit USET ONLINE at www.uset.org
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