Rider Rankings Updated for USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions
Equestrian News Release

GLADSTONE, NJ – May 18, 2006 – Only the 12 highest-ranked Grand Prix and Intermediaire I horse/rider combinations will be invited to compete in the Collecting Gaits Farm USEF National Grand Prix Championship / World Equestrian Games Selection Trials & USEF National Intermediaire I Championship Presented by Paul Miller, Inc. at the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions on June 15-18, 2006, at the Foundation’s headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. With the event just four weeks away, riders had the opportunity at three shows last week (Dressage at DG Bar, CA; Paxton Farm CDI3*, OH; and Dressage in the Sandhills, NC) to earn qualifying scores. There are five additional qualifiers across the country still to come.

Following are the current Grand Prix and Intermediaire I Rankings as of May 17. Drop scores are not in place until the last qualifying competition, which is the Raleigh CDI 3*, June 2-4, 2006. (This is the list after the final deadline date of May 1, 2006, for submission of applications. All other rider/horse combinations that have not applied have been removed.)

GRAND PRIX RANKINGS

Ranking for the Grand Prix Championship - Updated: May 17, 2006

RIDER NAME, HORSE NAME, PERCENTAGE

Steffen Peters Floriano 71.689%

George Williams Rocher 71.417%

Leslie Morse Kingston 70.847%

Guenter Seidel Aragon 70.102%

Leslie Morse Tip Top 67.986%

Charlotte Bredahl Baker Komo 67.310%

Michael Barisone Neruda 67.229%

Katherine Bateson-Chandler FBW Kennedy 67.011%

Arlene Page Wild One 66.337%

Jeremy Steinberg Parocco 66.060%

Heather Blitz Arabella 65.753%

Mette Rosencrantz Basquewille 65.622%

George Williams Marnix 65.555%

Catherine Haddad Maximus 65.433%

Donna Richardson Jazzman 64.354%

Suzanne Dansby Phelps Cooper 64.486%

Karen Lipp Caribi 64.120%

Melissa Taylor Yee Succes 64.014%

Jessica Jo Tate Cambay 63.805%

Lisette Milner Eminence 63.666%

Karin Offield Hexagon’s Louisville 63.320%

Heidi Gaian Just Fritz 63.167%

Tracey Lert Luminary 62.444%

Tami Hoag Coco Chanel 62.297%

Catherine Morelli Be Se 61.894%

Pierre St Jacques Lucky Tiger 61.537%

Jo Moran Minna 60.938%

Susan Halasz Julius 59.740%

Jane Hannigan Maksymillian 59.417%

David Wightman Partous 56.625%


INTERMEDIAIRE I RANKINGS

Ranking for the Intermediaire I Championship - Updated: May 17, 2006

RIDER NAME, HORSE NAME, PERCENTAGE

Jan Ebeling Rafalca 71.167%

Michelle Gibson Lex Barker 70.303%

Melissa Jackson Wellington 69.066%

Christopher Hickey Werbellin 68.454%

Marie Meyers Fandango 67.417%

Christopher Hickey Regent 67.328%

Michael Shondel Wallaby 67.325%

Charlotte Bredahl Baker Eskada 67.059%

Joe Sandven Rachmaninoff 67.021%

Christine Rivlin-Henke Lyra 66.961%

Melissa Taylor Yee Schumacker Solyst 66.708%

Katherine Poulin-Neff Brilliant Too 66.663%

Emily Gershberg Pancratius 66.397%

Guenter Seidel Princeton 66.278%

Silke Rembacz Millenium 66.189%

Jason Canton Navignon 65.785%

Nicole Bellah Avant-Garde 65.864%

Teri Hallman Fontainebleau 65.681%

Susan Jaccoma Harmony’s Weissmuller 65.636%

Mette Rosencrantz Edelweiss de Bonce 65.531%

Catherine Morelli Sitni 65.304%

Jane Cleveland Kavalier 65.264%

Silke Rembacz Da Capo 65.150%

Teri Hallman Fountainebleau 65.104%

Sharon McCusker Weltheir 65.100%

Shelly Francis Dominion 64.367%

Nick Wagman Buon Giorno 64.042%

Kristin Allen Tannehauser 64.042%

Karen Lipp Lipton 63.984%

Heather Kennedy Kuriant 63.636%

Charmayne Harrah Nienke 63.570%

Justin Hardin Pik Czar 62.825%

Lauren Smith Lamiro 62.750%

Barbi Green Gurley Octango 62.429%

Susan Halasz Lector 61.239%

Tracy Roenick Eridano 1 61.188%

Kristen Linley Remus 61.147%

Charmayne Harrah New Holland 60.361%

In addition to the Grand Prix and Intermediaire I national championships and World Equestrian Games (WEG) Selection Trials, the dressage festival will also feature the USEF Para-Equestrian National Dressage Championships; Brentina Cup Championship; Official Region 1 USDF Qualifying Competition for the 2006 North American Young Riders Championships; and qualifying competition for the 2006 USEF Junior Dressage Team Championships.

For additional qualifying information, visit http://www.usef.org

The non-profit United States Equestrian Team Foundation supports the competition, training, coaching, travel and educational needs of America’s elite and developing international, high-performance athletes and horses in partnership with the United States Equestrian Federation. For more information about the USET Foundation or to make a donation, please call (908) 234-1251 or visit its website at http://www.uset.org

PHOTO CREDIT: SusanJStickle.com; Michelle Gibson and Lex Barker are currently second in the Rankings for the Intermediaire I Championship as of May 17, 2006.