USET Presents 2004 USET Open Reining Championship Qualifying Schedule

Gladstone, NJ - September 29, 2003 - The United States Equestrian Team (USET) has announced the qualifying schedule for the 2004 USET Open Reining Championship featuring the country’s top Reining horses and riders.

The first qualifying class on the schedule is at the prestigious All American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, OH on October 10, 2003. The Congress is one of the biggest equestrian events in the world with over 500,000 people attending each year.

The other five classes will take place throughout the 2004 season at various important Reining Horse Shows such as the National Western Stock Show, the Florida Reining Horse Classic, the Scottsdale Reining Horse Classic, the Gordyville Breeders Cup and the National Reining Breeders Classic.

In order to compete in a USET Open Reining Championship Qualifier, the rider must be listed on the 2003/2004 USET Long List and follow the 2004 USET Open Reining Championship Qualifying Procedures. Riders who have shown in the qualifiers are then eligible to compete in the USET Open Reining Championship next spring.

“We are very excited about the USET Open Reining Program,” said Bonnie Jenkins, USET Executive Director. “The qualifying classes represent a well balanced line-up that should set up perfectly for the USET Open Reining Championship Final.”

For more information about the USET Open Reining Championship and the qualifying classes, please call Jamie Saults, USET Director of Reining, at (908) 234-1251, ext. 40, or visit the website at 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, vaulters 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.

2004 USET Open Reining Championship
Qualifier Competition Schedule

(Schedule Subject to Changes)