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Qualifying Complete for USEF Selection Trial for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team

RELEASE: April 29, 2010
AUTHOR/ADMINISTRATOR: By Brad Ettleman

Congratulations to all the reining athletes from the U.S. who have successfully qualified for the USEF Selection Trial for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team. Competing at competitions throughout the United States, the high-performance reining competitors listed below have successfully met the qualification criteria to be able to advance to the Official Selection Trial—the place and time where the Adequan U.S. Reining Team will be selected for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). The Selection Trial will be held in conjunction with the highly anticipated Battle in the Saddle, July 5-10 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City.

• Pete Kyle
• Stephen Siadik
• Shawn Flarida
• Craig Schmersal
• Shawn Church
• Jared Le Clair
• Jarvis Anderson
• Jordan Larson
• Tim McQuay
• Casey Hinton
• Casey Deary
• Lakshami Majahan
• Rick Weaver
• Michael McEntire
• Craig Johnson
• Dell Hendricks
• Josh Armstrong
• Steve Swartzenberger
• Brian Bell
• Andrea Fappani
• Randy Paul
• Tom McCutcheon
• Mandy McCutcheon
• Kennith Eppers
• Scott McCutcheon
• Todd Sommers
• Marcy Ver Meer
• Matt Mills
• Matthew Palmer
• Todd Martin
• Gabe Davide
• Brent Naylor

The U.S. team will work together to defend their Team Gold medal from the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games from increasing pressure from highly sophisticated teams from Europe, South America, Australia, Canada and Mexico, plus top 30 riders in the team competitions at the WEG advance to the Individual Medals.

In addition to Official USEF Selection Trial for the Adequan U.S. Reining Team, the Battle in the Saddle will also offer the concurrent USEF Open Reining Championship and CRI4*. The Adequan/USEF Open Reining Championship is open to any rider on the USEF Reining Long List and the CRI4* (also concurrent) is available for any FEI High Performance competitor from around the globe.

For more information on the Battle in the Saddle, click on: www.BattleintheSaddle.com or contact Brad Ettleman with HorsePower at Brad@HPowerInc.com. For more information on USEF reining programs, please contact Vonita Bowers, USEF Reining High Performance Director, at vbowers@usef.org.

Reminder to Reining Young Riders
Reminder to all interested Reining Young Riders—the final day of qualifying for the USEF Youth Reining National Championship is May 15. All qualifying points earned at qualifying classes around the country will be cut off on May 15, with any points earned from May 16 forward going towards next year’s championship. In order to compete for the National Championship title in one of the three age divisions (13 & Under, 14-18 and 19-21) riders must have earned their way into the top 20 of their respective division. The USEF Youth Reining National Championship is held at the NRHA Derby on June 26th along with a concurrent CRI-Y class, which will serve as a Selection Trial for the hugely popular SmartPak Reining Championships at the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North.

For more information or questions about USEF Reining programs, contact Vonita Bowers, USEF High Performance Reining Director, at vbowers@usef.org. For more information about the Youth National Championships or the FEI North American Young Riders Championships, contact Brad Ettleman with HorsePower at Brad@HPowerInc.com.