Madden, Deslauriers and Engle Lead the Money List for the $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational
Equestrian News Release
Wellington, FL – February 21, 2006 - The $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational is the grand finale to the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and will be contested at 7pm on Saturday, April 1, 2006, under the lights at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. While some riders are guaranteed a spot in the nation’s richest and most exciting show jumping event, based on previous accomplishments, most have to earn their way into a starting spot using their prize money won during the nine week run of the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival.
The thirty-fourth annual Budweiser American Invitational, a free event for those who qualify, is the nation’s most prestigious show jumping event. The event is limited to only thirty top riders. A rider may only ride one horse in the competition.
Invitations will be issued as follows:
1. ONE (1) invitation issued to the winning rider of the 2005 Budweiser American Invitational - Beezie Madden.
2. FOUR (4) invitations issued to riders in positions one through four (1-4) on the 2006 AGA Rider of the Year standings as of March 26, 2006.
3. TWO (2) invitations to be issued at the Organizing Committee’s discretion.
4. TWENTY-THREE (23) or all remaining invitations will be issued to riders based on money won in the WEF Challenge Cup Series Rounds I , II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII and the Final (does not include Round VII) and the following Grand Prix:
*$50,000 Farr XTN Grand Prix of Palm Beach, presented by Western Hay, CSI 2*
*$60,000 Wellington Cup presented by Carlisle, CSI 3*
*$60,000 Kilkenny/ICH Internationale Cup, CSI 3*
*$75,000 Bainbridge Idle Dice Classic, presented by the Palm Beach Post, CSI-W
*$100,000 Zada Enterprises, LLC Masters Cup, CSI 3*
*$150,000 Florida Open presented by Cosequin®, CSI-W
*$25,000 CN Jumper Classic
*$75,000 Grand Prix of Tampa, presented by Kilkenny/ICH, CSI-W
The 2006 Budweiser American Invitational Qualifying List – Released 2/20/06
Place
Total
Rider
NAT
QUALIFIED 2005 WINNER
$33,200
Beezie Madden
USA
2
$30,590
Mario Deslauries
CAN
3
$29,540
Margie Engle
USA
4
$23,950
Laura Chapot
USA
5
$22,500
Leslie Howard
USA
6
$21,750
Kimberly Prince
USA
7
$19,500
Lauren Hough
USA
8
$18,000
Kent Farrington
USA
9
$14,950
Chris Pratt
CAN
10
$13,950
McLain Ward
USA
11
$12,000
Ian Millar
CAN
12
$10,200
Eric Lamaze
CAN
13
$9,250
Megan Lamaze
USA
14
$8,000
Georgina Bloomberg
USA
15
$7,200
Markus Beerbaum
GER
16
$6,800
Todd Minikus
USA
17
$5,500
Addison Phillips
USA
$5,500
Rodrigo Pessoa
BRA
19
$4,500
Cara Raether
USA
20
$4,250
Ken Berkley
USA
21
$4,200
Laura Kraut
USA
22
$4,100
Luciana Diniz
BRA
23
$3,250
Nick Skelton
GBR
24
$3,200
Santiago Lambre
MEX
25
$3,050
Laurie Bucci
CAN
26
$3,000
Candice King
USA
27
$2,700
Conor Swail
IRL
28
$2,400
Norman Dello Joio
USA
$2,400
Jaime Guerra
MEX
30
$2,300
Angela Moore
USA
31
$2,040
Schuyler Riley
USA
32
$2,000
Keri Potter Pessoa
USA
$2,000
Federico Sztyrle
ARG
34
$1,900
Paige Johnson
USA
35
$1,800
Robin Sweely
USA
36
$1,750
Christine McCrea
USA
37
$1,500
Jimmy Torano
USA
$1,500
Katie Prident
FRA
39
$1,450
Nona Garson
USA
40
$1,250
Amy Momrow
USA
41
$1,200
Ashley Fleischhacker
USA
$1,200
Erynn Ballard
CAN
43
$1,000
Pablo Barrios
VEN
$1,000
Brian Walker
USA
45
$750
Andres Rodriguez
VEN
$750
Cayce Harrison
USA
$750
Eduardo Salas Herrera
USA
$750
Mac Cone
CAN
49
$500
Eric Flemeng
BEL
50
$450
Alison Firestone
USA
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