Susan J. Stickle Photography Selected As Official Photographer for the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage
Equestrian News Release

Wellington, FL - May 13, 2009 - Phelps Media Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that Susan J. Stickle Photography has been selected as the official photographer for the 2009 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions, to be held June 18-21, 2009, at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ.

The Festival of Champions competition serves as the USEF National Dressage Championships in five different divisions and features the highest levels of dressage in the United States, from FEI Juniors to the Olympic-level of Grand Prix dressage. The top 12 ranked horse and rider combinations in each of the five levels will be invited to compete.

Susan J. Stickle was the official photographer of the Festival of Champions for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 championships, and is now returning to Gladstone in 2009 for this year's exciting competition.

"I am very happy to be this year's official photographer," Stickle smiled. "I used to ride and compete in dressage so I have always loved it. I just love to see if I can catch that special wow moment."

"Gladstone is about 45 minutes from my house and before I was a photographer I used to go up and watch the festival and volunteer, so it is nice to go there," Stickle said. "It is our national championship for dressage in the United States and in the past we have had some phenomenal horses and riders. It is an exciting event and it is great to photograph."

Stickle has been shooting professionally since 1995, covering local, regional and National Dressage championships. She is an award winning photographer and has had her work published in equestrian magazines such as Dressage Today, USA Equestrian, The Chronicle of the Horse, HorseSport and numerous other publications, including book covers.

Stickle rode dressage competitively for many years and her love of horses and her knowledge of dressage have given her a wonderfully keen eye that shows in her work. Stickle keeps up to date with all of the technology offered in the photo industry. As a result, she offers the best quality photographs to her customers.

Stickle will be the official photographer at the Festival of Champions in Gladstone, and will then continue on to photograph at a few high performance dressage shows at the Horse Park of New Jersey, including the Colonel Bengt Ljungquist Memorial (CBLM) Championships. She will then photograph at Dressage at Devon before traveling to Florida for the winter horse show circuit.

For more information, please contact Susan Stickle at HoofPrints1@aol.com or visit her website at http://www.SusanJStickle.com.



Photo Credit: Susan J. Stickle Photography has been selected as the official photographer for the 2009 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions. Photo by: Jonna Koellhoffer. Photograph may be used only in relation to this PMG press release.