USA Equestrian Accepting Bids To Host New CCI****

The USA Equestrian Eventing Committee proposes the addition of a second four-star, three-day event to be held in the fall of 2005. The United States already hosts one of the four annual CCI**** offered throughout the world. The Rolex CCI**** is held in the spring at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. The level of quality of this competition is what the Eventing Committee is hoping to replicate in the new Fall CCI****. All bids are welcome and will not be restricted to existing competitions. Organizers or interested groups should send a letter of interest to USA Equestrian, attention Elizabeth Rabinowitz, no later than Friday June 28, 2002. The bid document will be sent in response to letters of interest. All bids must be completed and submitted to USA Equestrian no later than Tuesday July 30, 2002. Candidate organizing committees will have to submit an advertising and promotions proposal to ensure that this competition is given the prestige it deserves. Prize money (amount to be determined) will be required. For more information please contact Elizabeth Rabinowitz at erabinowitz@equestrian.org.

USA Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over 80,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate at these shows.
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