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HRH Prince Philip To Receive FEI Award |
His Royal Highness
The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, honorary member of
USA Equestrian, was unanimously chosen to receive the first "FEI
Award for
Dedicated and Distinguished Services to Equestrian Sport," that was
established by the Executive Board and the Bureau early this year.
His Royal Highness
served as FEI President from 1964 - 1986, represented
Great Britain in several European and World Four-in-Hand Driving
Championships, was a member of the 1980 World Cup Champion Combined Driving
gold medal team and was 6th at the Four-in-Hand Championships held in
the
Netherlands in 1980. He also instigated the first international rules
for
competition carriage driving.
In 2000 His Royal
Highness was presented with an honorary USA Equestrian
Lifetime Achievement Award. The Jimmy A. Williams Trophy is bestowed
annually to an outstanding equestrian whose lifetime experience and
accomplishments exemplify uncommon devotion to the sport of horse showing
and whose equestrian career and horsemanship have continually elevated
the
sport's excellence.
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 77,000 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.
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