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2002 Bayer/U.S.
Equestrian Team Festival Of Champions
Presented
by State Line Tack
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WHAT: The twelfth
annual Bayer/USET Festival of Champions,
Presented by State
Line Tack to benefit the USET
WHEN: June 20-23,
2002
WHERE: USET Olympic
Training Center, Pottersville Road, Gladstone, New Jersey
WHY: The 2002 Bayer/USET
Festival of Champions, presented by State Line Tack, the only event of
its kind in the country, showcases competition in five equestrian disciplines
-- dressage, show jumping, combined driving, endurance and reining, the
USET’s first Western riding discipline. The nation's best horses,
riders and drivers vie for USET Championships and the right to represent
the United States in international competition.
The 2002 Bayer/USET
Festival of Champions will feature final selection trials to choose the
riders who will represent the U.S. in the first ever Reining World Championship
at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain in September and also final
selection trials for drivers for the 2002 Singles Driving World Championship
to be held in Conty, France in August and the Four In Hand World Championship
at the World Equestrian Games.
Along with these selection
trials, the Festival will host dressage competition, the ballet of equestrian
sports, featuring the USET Intermediaire I Championship. The $100,000
Rolex/USET Show Jumping Championship and the USET Junior and Amateur/Owner
Show Jumping Talent Derbies both presented by BET On Jazz will highlight
the Fleet Show Jumping Division. The 65 Mile Sooner/USET Endurance Championship,
sanctioned by the American Endurance Ride Conference and the East Coast
Trail Riders Association, will again take place in around the USET. This
year’s Festival will again feature the $100,000 USET Reining Championship
presented by Bayer that will serve as the final selection trial for the
World Equestrian Games, along with a CRIO Nations Cup competition, Futures
Championship, and Reining Young Rider Medal Final.
For more family fun
and entertainment, there are equine demonstrations from the sport’s
leading professionals, falconry and blacksmithing demonstrations, a Children’s
Corral, a wide range of gourmet dining options and an outstanding Country
Fair with top-quality products for the home and stable from more than
70 vendors.
TICKETS: General Admission:
w Children 12 and under: w Children under 6: $10.00 $6.00 FREE
www.uset.org
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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