Posted June 9, 2006

USEF Announces Top Eleven U.S. Dressage Riders to Compete at 2006 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation® (USEF) is pleased to announce the 11 rider-and-horse combinations that have been selected to compete in the 2006 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship. The Championship, held in Gladstone, NJ, June 15-18, will be a part of the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions presented by Paul Miller, Inc. This year, the national championship has also been designated as the selection trials for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). Therefore, riders will not only be competing for the national championship title, but they will also be vying for two of the four spots on the U.S. dressage team that will compete at the WEG later this summer in Aachen, Germany, August 20-September 3. The dressage competition will take place August 20-27.

The eleven rider-and-horse combinations that have been invited to participate in the Championship are as follows:

• Steffen Peters of San Diego, CA, riding Floriano, a 16-year-old chestnut Westphalian gelding, owned by Stephen Browning and Laurelyn Browning;
• Guenter Seidel of Cardiff, CA, riding Aragon, a 14-year-old grey Bavarian Warmblood gelding, owned by Richard and Jane Brown
• Leslie Morse of Beverly Hills, CA, riding Tip Top, a 12-year-old bay Swedish Warmblood stallion, owned by Leslie Morse
• Arlene “Tuny” Page of Wellington, FL, riding Wild One, a 10-year-old bay Hanoverian gelding, owned by Arlene Page
• Heather Blitz of Palm City, FL, riding Arabella, a 10-year-old chestnut Danish Warmblood mare, owned by Denise Arroyo
• George Williams of Delaware, OH, riding Marnix, a 12-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Charles and Joann Smith
• Mette Rosencrantz of Topanga, CA, riding Basquewille, a 15-year-old bay Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Mette Rosencrantz
• Donna Richardson of San Marcos, CA, riding Jazzman, a 15-year-old chestnut Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Donna Richardson
• Melissa Taylor of Wellington, FL, riding Succes, an 11-year-old grey Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Lars Petersen
• Suzanne Dansby Phelps of Atlanta, GA, riding Cooper, a 14-year-old chestnut Holsteiner gelding, owned by Suzanne Dansby Phelps
• Lisette Milner of Wellington, FL, riding Eminence, an 11-year-old chestnut Dutch Warmblood stallion, owned by Lisette Milner.

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