USEF Announces Endurance Team For 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games

For Immediate Release July 21, 2006

USEF Announces Endurance Team For 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games
Lexington, KY ? The United States Equestrian Federation® is pleased to announce the endurance team for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games. Five horse-and-rider combinations and one alternate horse were selected to represent the U.S. at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, August 20-September 3. The endurance competition will take place on August 21. The USEF endurance team for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in no particular order includes:

-Kathryn Downs of Somerville, ME, riding Pygmalion, a 10-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by Downs
-Joseph Mattingley of Scales Mound, IL, riding SA Laribou, an 11-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by Mattingley
-Stephen Rojek of South Woodstock, VT, riding Finch, a 10-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by Rojek
-Christoph Schork of Moab, UT, riding Taj Rai Hasan, a seven-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by Schork
-Margaret Sleeper, DVM, of Frenchtown, NJ, riding Shyrocco Troilus, a 14-year-old Half-Arabian gelding, owned by Sleeper

Alternate Horse:
Cheyenne XII, a 14-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by Ruth Waltenspiel and ridden by Jennifer Niehaus of Cloverdale, CA