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USA
Equestrian Approves Criteria For Driving Championships
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The
USA Equestrian Executive Committee met Wednesday, September 25,
and approved criteria for the selection of the U.S. team to compete
at the FEI World Pony Driving Championship, to be held August
14 - 17, 2003, in Karlstetten, Austria. The selection criteria
and application are now available on the USA Equestrian web site
www.equestrian.org.
The
criteria for the selection of the U.S. team to compete at the
FEI World Pair Driving Championship, to be held in Haras de Jardy,
France, September 18 - 21, 2003 was also approved during the September
25 meeting. The selection criteria and application are also available
on the Federation website www.equestrian.org
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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