Dressage, Show Jumping and Polo Stars Headline Sidelines Equestrian Triathlon Presented by Outback Steakhouse on March 4

WELLINGTON, FL (February 28, 2002)-The Sidelines Equestrian Triathlon
Presented by Outback Steakhouse scheduled for Monday, March 4, 2002, in West
Palm Beach, Florida, features four teams of dressage, show jumping and polo
stars, including four Olympians. The teams are:

Cosequin
Michelle Gibson
Sunny Hale
Chris Kappler

Outback
Jan Brons
Adolfo Cambiaso
Chris Cawley

Equine Performance Supplements
Susan Dutta
Ruben Gracida
Todd Minikus

Sidelines
Bent Jensen
Mike Azzaro
Lauren Hough

In this three-phase event, the jumpers and polo players ride a dressage test
to music; the polo players and dressage riders jump a course; and each team
plays a chukker of polo. The team accumulating the highest total score for
all three phases wins. The 'Best Horse' in each discipline receives a
custom-made monogrammed blanket sponsored by Horseware Products of Ireland.

The triathlon will be held at Outback Polo on Southfields Road in West Palm
Beach.The event kicks off at 1:00pm with a mounted parade of all 20 horses
competing plus a mounted flag bearer who will sing the national anthem.
Tickets are $25 each and include the Outback Steakhouse barbecue. Tickets are
available from the Exhibitor's Center at Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival,
Van Dell Jewelry, The Tackeria and Sidelines.

All proceeds from the Triathlon will be donated to Paul Rizzo of Meadowbrook,
Long Island, New York, who is fighting cancer. The funds will be used to help
Paul, a life-long equestrian well-known in polo and thoroughbred racing, and
his wife and two children.