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UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION • VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 1 • WINTER 2007 Jane Forbes Clark Leads USET Foundation as President and CEO

BY MARY HILTON

hrough her roles as rider, owner, excellence, but to maintain this competi- and administrative leader, Jane tive excellence is going to take maintain- TForbes Clark has been involved ing the vibrancy and energy of our fund- with the United States Equestrian Team raising program,” Clark said. “Our new for more than 25 years. Newly elected $20 million campaign is a terrific one. We as the USET Foundation President and know it’s not easy raising the second $10

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always loved the USET, from my first place for the future. One of my goals is to o t o h

involvement with the organization in make sure that funding is in place, well- P the early ‘80s,” Clark said. “I’m very managed, and the programs that our rid- Jane Forbes Clark at five years old with her mother, Jane Clark, at the Upperville Horse Show in Virginia. excited to be involved with the USET ers and our coaches need to go forward Foundation because our Campaign for can be available to them, and that we can Competitive Excellence is perfect for also have a very viable Young Rider and A Background in Business and Horses what the United States Equestrian Team Developing Rider program.” has always stood for.” Clark, 51, has an extensive history with Clark noted that since the Foundation’s horses, equestrian organizations, and Clark pointed out that the Campaign inception in 2004, the organization has business that provides an impressive to Achieve Competitive Excellence has proven that it is strong in its fundrais- background of credentials for her new already reached $10 million in leader- ing efforts and has provided more position. She grew up in two home- ship donations. “The USET’s trademark is than $6 million to this country’s High towns – the horse country of Middleburg, Performance programs. “That funding Virginia, and historic Cooperstown, New has had a direct tangible impact on the York, home of the National Baseball Hall success of our United States equestrian of Fame. Each town has provided her with teams,” Clark said. “In the last two years, a unique basis for her present numerous our Samsung Super League show jump- and varied roles. ing teams have finished in the top two spots. Most recently, at the 2006 World The Clark family has been involved with Equestrian Games in Aachen, our teams horses for generations, including all won two Gold Medals, four Silver Medals, aspects of Thoroughbred racing, polo, and three Bronze Medals. Those wins are foxhunting, and coaching. “Horses have now part of the U.S. Equestrian Team’s always been a major focal point of my impressive legacy of competitive excel- family,” Clark said. o t s

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o competitive advantage as we head for (FEI), American Horse Council, United h P the 2008 in Hong Kong States Olympic Committee, Jane Forbes Clark with Arlene and David Page at the Hall of Fame and Museum, and Lake USET Foundation Kick Off Gala for the Campaign to and the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Achieve Competitive Excellence. Lexington, Kentucky,” Clark said. Placid Horse Show Association. Clark

Three New Members Added to USET Foundation Board of Trustees BY JENNIFER KAPPLER

The United States Equestrian Team Foundation held its annual meeting January 12, 2007, in Louisville, Kentucky. At the meet- ing, changes to the USET Foundation’s officers included the addition of three new Trustees: Jane Thomas, Stephen T. Rojek and Lawrence G. Tribble. Mr. Tribble was also named as the new USET Foundation Treasurer. This dynamic group of Trustees brings years of experience in business and philanthropy, as well as equestrian sport, to the board.

JANE THOMAS

Jane Thomas, 47, started riding at age nine in Newport Beach, California, with hunter trainer Bob McDonald. She currently competes in at Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I on her mare Wishful. Jane, along with her parents Parry and Peggy Thomas, have been long time supporters of the USET Foundation, as well as rider Debbie McDonald, who trains the family’s dressage horses at their River Grove Farm in Hailey, Idaho. Jane and her parents have supported McDonald’s international career in dressage and her team horses Beaurivage and Brentina. McDonald has competed in three World Cup Dressage Finals, two World Equestrian Games, and the Athens Olympic Games, earning a total of four medals for the U.S. Jane Thomas is a wife and a mother

of one son. Photo by Jennifer Wood

STEPHEN T. ROJEK

Endurance and competitive trail riding have been Stephen Rojek’s focus since 1972. To date he has ridden in more than 28,000 miles of competition. He and his wife, Dinah, have businesses in retail and manufacturing and a large farm in South Woodstock, Vermont, where they stage the Vermont 100-Mile Endurance Race and Run each July. The Rojeks’ passions include traveling to international destinations such as China, Bhutan, Guatemala, and Ireland. Stephen has competed in five Pan American Games and two World Championships, finishing fourth at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain. Photo Courtesy USET Foundation

LAWRENCE G. TRIBBLE

Lawrence (“Larry”) Tribble is known in show jumping circles as the proud father of Christine McCrea. Christine represented the U.S. on the Samsung Super League tour in 2006 and contrib- uted to the overall second place finish for the United States. Christine is currently setting her sights on the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup™ in Las Vegas on her mount Vegas. Larry, along with his fam- ily, owns and runs Windsor Show Stables in East Windsor, Connecticut. He can often be seen sup- porting his daughter quietly from the sidelines. Larry owns and operates Southern Auto Auction, a family business founded by his father in 1947 in Georgia. Southern Auto Auction is a 300-acre, full service auction facility that offers weekly live auto auctions with online bidding. Photo by Jennifer Wood

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2 Letter from the Executive Director

Dear Friends,

As we start off 2007, we have much to celebrate.

Officers On February 10th we launched the USET Foundation Campaign Armand Leone, Jr. Chairman of the Board to Achieve Competitive Excellence with $10 million raised to date Jane Forbes Clark toward our $20 million goal. Tuny and David Page graciously President and CEO Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. opened their beautiful Stillpoint Farm in Wellington, Florida, to Vice President the Foundation for this very special night. The celebration brought Eric L. Straus together our Campaign donors, Gold Medal Club members, ath- Secretary Lawrence G. Tribble letes, and coaches to celebrate the success of the U.S. equestrian teams, and to give thanks Treasurer to the individuals who have made leadership gifts toward this effort. This campaign has

Board of Trustees already had a major impact on the Federation’s High Performance programs and its ath- Sherry Adams letes’ ability to train and compete around the world. In 2006, our athletes won a record nine Janice C. Aron Sue Blinks medals at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen and qualified two of our three disciplines Rebecca Broussard – dressage and show jumping – for the 2008 Olympic Games. Henry L. Collins III R. Bruce Duchossois James H. Fairclough Richard M. Feldman We also honored two truly outstanding athletes during the evening. Beezie Madden won Bertram R. Firestone the Whitney Stone Memorial Cup for an unprecedented second time, and Carolyn Kelly Murray H. Goodman Eric Hasbrouck won the Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Award, establishing herself as one of this country’s most E. Hunter Harrison promising young equestrian athletes. Leslie Burr Howard C. Michael Huber Sheila C. Johnson S. Tucker S. Johnson Elma Garcia “wowed” us all with a first look at some of the images in her amazing Athlete Chris Kappler Portrait Campaign. She has captured the unique personalities of our athletes and their Anne Kursinski Kerith Lemon special connection with their world-class equine partners. I am sure you will enjoy reading Mark Leone more about Elma on page 6 and her generous contribution to the USET Foundation. Jacqueline B. Mars Debbie McDonald Mary Anne McPhail J. Ashton Moore While we took time out to celebrate, we also recognize the importance of keeping our eye George H. Morris on the campaign goal – $20 million. This is going to be our biggest challenge. We must rise Jan Neuharth David O’Connor to the challenge and stretch our giving to keep up with the pace of the talented equestrians Arlene Page this country has. We must provide them with the opportunities that will make the United Robin Parsky Arthur W. Priesz, Jr. States the pinnacle of the international equestrian world – now and in the years ahead. Wendy Raether Jessica Ransehousen James C. Richards My sincere thanks go to Frank Lloyd, who stepped down as Chairman of the Board this Stephen T. Rojek Dr. Bernard Salick past January. As you all know, Frank has been a devoted and hard working member of the Guenter Seidel Foundation’s Board of Trustees and helped establish the USET Foundation as a strong and Jane Thomas Anthony V. Weight vital fundraising organization for our athletes and U.S. equestrian teams. Ted Weise

USET Foundation Staff I would also like to welcome Jane Clark, the new President of the USET Foundation. We 908-234-1251 cover Jane’s extensive background and involvement in equestrian sport and philanthropy Bonnie B. Jenkins Executive Director, ext. 215 in this newsletter. I look forward to working with Jane, and all of you, as we continue to Nancy Little achieve our mission of supporting athletes, promoting international excellence, and build- Executive Assistant, ext. 208 ing for the future. Mark P. Piwowar Chief Financial Officer, ext. 200 Maureen Pethick As always, THANK YOU! Communications Coordinator, ext. 207 Michele Zanzonico Director of Annual Support, ext. 205 Sincerely yours, Mary-Ellen Milesnick Database Manager, ext. 204 Cathy Pane Accounting Supervisor & Office Manager, ext. 203 Patrick Lynch Facilities Manager, ext. 206 Bonnie B. Jenkins Clif Cotter Facilities, ext. 202 Executive Director

3 JANE FORBES CLARK wonderful staff. I don’t think you can do Continued from page 1 anything well without very good back- up and I’m lucky enough to have very was president of the former American good back-up in my office, which allows Horse Shows Association (AHSA) from me to do a lot of things and hopefully do 1991 to 1996, and she has also held sev- them the way they should be done.” eral positions with the USET, including Senior Vice President, Vice Chairman, and Trustee. A Hands-On Horsewoman

In addition to her equestrian focus, Clark Clark is very much a hands-on horse- is devoted to baseball. Since 2000, she woman and keenly aware of what it has been Chairman and Director of the takes for U.S. equestrian athletes to reach National Baseball Hall of Fame and the international arena. Since the 1990s, Museum, Inc., which was founded by Clark has been a supportive owner her grandfather in Cooperstown in 1936. of horses competing in show jump- For five generations, Clark’s family has ing, dressage, and driving, which have been involved in the preservation and helped the U.S. to win seven medals conservation of Cooperstown and the – one World Equestrian Games medal, surrounding countryside. Clark man- two Pan American Games medals, and ages a number of entities that her fam- four Olympic Games medals. ily founded in Cooperstown including The Fenimore Art Museum, the Farmers Before she became an owner of horses that competed for the U.S., Clark was Photo by Judith S. Buck/Darkroom on Wheels Museum, the Mary Imogene Bassett Arrivederci and Jane Clark, 1992 Hospital, the Otesage Resort Hotel, and an accomplished rider in her own right, starting at age four when she sat on her the Cooper Inn. Extreme at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic first pony. As a youngster, Clark was a Games and helped win the Team Silver Pony Club member in Virginia. When A top business medal,” Clark related. “We had countless she was a student at The Foxcroft School executive, Clark Nations’ Cups and Grand Prix wins in and later at Bennett College, she brought serves as Chairman the years surrounding those Olympics.” her horses with her so that she could and Director of The Howard also earned Team Gold with continue to foxhunt. Clark Estates, Inc., a Boing at the 1983 Pan American Games financial and busi- “It wasn’t until my senior ness management year at Bennett College when corporation based I was 20 that I started thinking in New York City, about showing seriously and and Vice President Jane Forbes Clark at the that was because of Jim and and Director of The National Baseball Hall of Carol Fallon, who were run- Fame and Museum, 2005. Leatherstocking Photo Courtesy of Jane Forbes Clark ning the equestrian program Corporation, a at Bennett,” Clark explained. hotel and real estate corporation based in The Fallons had a very strong Cooperstown. Clark is also President and background in showing hunt- Director of several charitable, cultural, ers. Clark bought her first and governmental organizations and she show hunter, Nashville Brass, manages two Foundations – The Scriven from Leslie (Burr) Howard in Foundation, which supports not-for-prof- 1980. Nashville Brass went on it organizations in Cooperstown, and The to become AHSA First Year Clark Foundation, which supports social Green Working Hunter Horse Photo by Pennington services, educational organizations, medi- of the Year. Mystic Emperor and Jane Clark, 1987 cal research, and the arts, primarily in Cooperstown and New York City. The acquisition of Nashville Brass started and Team Silver with Clark’s Cloverleaf Handling her multitude of duties is a feat a 25-year partnership between Clark and at the 1999 Pan Ams. Clark has mastered. “I’ve always been Howard in hunters and show jumpers. a very organized person and I try not “We had some wonderful successes,” Another rider who achieved success on a to complicate things,” explained Clark. recalls Clark. During the ‘80s and ‘90s, Clark-owned horse during the late 1980s “The organizations that I work with, a long list of Clark-owned hunters and was George H. Morris, the current U.S. that I have leadership roles in, I tend to jumpers achieved an impressive record Showing Jumping Chef d’Equipe. In 1988, identify the mission, identify what needs of victories. “My horse Boing was Leslie’s Morris rode Clark’s Rio to victory at to be done and then do it without too reserve horse for the 1984 Los Angeles Spruce Meadows, , claiming the much complication in the process. I have Olympic Games. She also rode my horse biggest purse in show jumping history. 4 and helped the U.S. win Team Bronze. During those years, Clark had her own Clark made a commitment to Dover’s successes as a rider as well. “In that peri- international career and acquired Ranier, od I had a series of wonderful show hunt- who helped the U.S. earn Team Bronze ers – Classic, Mystic Emperor, Master of at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and then the Game, Winter Rose, Arrivederci,” FBW Kennedy, who was Dover’s mount Clark related. “All of whom Leslie found on the squad that earned Team Bronze at for me.” the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Clark competed wherever Howard and After the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Clark the Fairfield Hunt Club were showing, began riding Ranier and started train- generally at venues that accommodated ing with Dover. “I absolutely loved it!” both the hunters and the jumpers, includ- Clark enthused. “Robert found the most Courtesy of Jane Forbes Clark Jane Clark with Jimmy Fairclough ing Wellington, Florida; Lake Placid, wonderful schoolmaster for me, Askari, at Live Oak International Driving Event. New York; and the east coast indoor cir- who was Richard Davidson’s horse on cuit. For six winters, Clark also showed the English team for years. It’s really World Equestrian Games. Ashe compet- with Don Stewart in Ocala, Florida, in been fun learning a sport that I had just ed both Lutopia and Neuville in the 2006 December and January before meeting been watching from the ground. Now Samsung Super League, helping the U.S. Howard in Wellington for the Winter I’m able to feel all the moves and how to finish in second place. Ashe plans to Equestrian Festival. talented and extraordinary these dres- compete Vicomte D in the Selection Trials sage horses are.” Clark rides at Grand for the . “One of the greatest thrills as a competitive Prix level at home, but has no intentions rider was having Classic and Arrivederci of competing. because they were such winners, such great horses, that it was a thrill just to ride Currently, Katherine Bateson-Chandler, them in the ring,” Clark remembers. “We who has worked with Dover for many did a tremendous amount of winning, years, rides Clark’s competitive dressage but no win sticks out more than just the horses. Bateson-Chandler is aiming Collo experience of being able to ride those two 5 for the 2007 Pan American Games in horses. They were fabulous.” , Brazil.

Clark’s father died in 1991 and she took Molly Ashe has been riding Clark’s over the family business. She gave up Grand Prix show jumpers since 2002. riding competitively in 1998. “There just Clark has known Ashe since they were wasn’t enough time to devote to both. In both affiliated with the Fairfield Hunt the beginning there was a lot of work to Club and has trained with her for years. do in the office,” Clark explained. “But Aboard Lutopia, Ashe has accumulated every cloud has a silver lining. That tran- an impressive list of wins including the sition to the office allowed me to think Budweiser Grand Prix du Penn National about riding dressage.” at the Pennsylvania National Horse

Show in Harrisburg (2003), the RBC Cup Photo by Scot Evans Clark first became involved in dressage at Spruce Meadows, Canada, (2003), and Jane Clark and Neuville celebrate victory at the in 1995 when she leased Metallic from the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Cup 2006 Grand Prix of Dublin in Ireland. Anne Gribbons as a potential mount for in Hickstead, England, twice (2004 and Robert Dover to ride at the 1996 Atlanta 2006). With Clark’s Neuville, Ashe won James Fairclough has been driving Clark- Olympics. Later in 1995, Clark purchased the 2005 Lexus National Horse Show owned Four-In-Hand carriage horses Everest as another possible candidate for Jumper Championship in Wellington, since the 1994 World Equestrian Games in Atlanta, but injuries sidelined the geld- Florida, and the 2006 Grand Prix of The Hague, The Netherlands. Fairclough ing. Dover and Metallic earned a berth Dublin in Ireland. Ashe and Neuville earned Team Silver at the 2002 Jerez on the team for the 1996 Olympic Games were named as alternates for the 2006 World Equestrian Games.

Campaign Leadership

As USET Foundation President and CEO, Clark’s role over the next two years will focus on helping the Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence reach the second $10 million to complete the $20 million goal. She plans on traveling, giving talks, and meeting with potential donors. “Fundraising is very individual. It’s really about building relationships. It’s not necessarily big parties and big events, but one-on-one with people,” Clark explained.

Looking forward to her new role with the USET Foundation, Clark enthused, “I’m very excited to be President James Leslie Parker Jane Forbes Clark of the Foundation. It’s an exciting time to be involved with the sport and for the organization.” 5 Elma Garcia Creates Athlete Portrait Campaign for USET Foundation

BY MARY HILTON

n the fall of 2005, when Elma Garcia, a director/cinematographer and ama- Iteur rider, was at River Grove Farm in Hailey, Idaho, enjoying the month- long training session she had claimed as one of three high bidders at the 2004 Debbie McDonald Training Package Auction, she began formulating a way to say thank-you. Even though Garcia (and each of the other winning bidders)

had contributed $80,000 to clinch the Photo by Elma Garcia

Photo by Elma Garcia Athlete Portrait Campaign Photo package at the auction, a benefit for the Elma Garcia and Intermezzo of Debbie McDonald and Brentina USET Foundation, she considered that a small price to pay for the experience Garcia, who directs and films television Another set featuring 16 athletes, mea- of a lifetime. commercials, typically on a movie set suring 4’ x 6’ each and double-sided, will with a crew of 80, utilized skills from be hung in the walkway of the Thomas “Just to see Debbie every day as a horse- her previous career as a still photogra- and Mack Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, man blew me away,” Garcia shared pher to photograph the athletes with during the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup™ about McDonald, who has helped earn their horses. She travelled to California, Final for dressage and show jumping in Individual and Team Gold at the 1999 New York, New Jersey, and Florida, April. At the World Cup the public will Pan American Games, Team Silver at the at her own expense through the Elma be able to purchase regular-sized post- 2004 Athens Olympics, and Team Silver Garcia Foundation. Garcia shopped for ers of individual athletes or composite and Team Bronze at the 2002 and 2006 wardrobe for each athlete and brought posters. Autograph signing sessions will World Equestrian Games respectively. make-up artist David Michaud from Los provide an opportunity for fans to have “I knew that I was very privileged to Angeles to do hair and make-up. She the athletes sign the posters. see another side of her that most people also brought a 20’ x 24’ black backdrop never get to see and it gave me the that they set up in the arenas and barns, “They’re very beautiful. I’m very proud idea then that I wanted to give some- using only natural light to illuminate of them,” Garcia said of her images. thing back to the USET Foundation, to the horse and rider. “The backdrop “To me it’s a privilege to be able to use Debbie, to the other athletes who I abso- allowed all the energy and attention to my gift in a positive way for the love of lutely love and admire, and also to the go to the horse and rider and that connec- photography and the love of horses and owners like Peggy and Parry Thomas tion,” Garcia explained. “That is another the love of athletes. It’s fantastic! It’s who have helped bring the sport to the element that makes this campaign look what it’s all about.” United States and have supported our so beautiful – it’s just horse and rider athletes with these fantastic horses and and the essence of who they are.” For Garcia, the month-long training beautiful facilities.” package not only launched a cam- Garcia reported that the riders proved paign, but also changed her life Garcia created the Athlete Portrait to be exceptional models and excited – she purchased a home in Hailey Campaign, which serves a dual pur- about the campaign. “All the athletes and moved there in the fall of 2006 pose of public relations and fundraising were fantastic and enthusiastic about to continue training at River Grove to benefit the USET Foundation in its this. They’re all extremely grateful to with her newly acquired schoolmas- support of athletes bound for the 2008 the USET Foundation and for them, it’s ter mare Intermezzo, and she made Beijing Olympic Games. “My idea is to been great,” she said. “Once you put her show ring debut at Third Level in show the public the other side of these your eye to the camera lens, they all 2007 – quite an accomplishment for athletes, to show the connection between have a lot of charisma and they all have an amateur who considered herself the athlete and the horse, and to celebrate a lot of superstar energy.” below Training Level when she first who these people are,” Garcia explained. arrived in Idaho! “It’s just great. I’m In 2006, Garcia took preliminary shots A sampling of the resulting extraor- living my dream,” Garcia said. “I’m of McDonald and her trainer in Los dinary images of High Performance an amateur and I always want to be an Angeles – 2003 Pan American Team Gold athletes who compete in the Olympic amateur. I have no interest in going to Medalist Kristina Harrison – and pre- sports of dressage, show jumping and the high level. I just want to ride well sented the photos and her idea to USET eventing were introduced at the launch and make it artistic. To have Debbie Foundation Executive Director Bonnie of the USET Foundation’s Campaign training my horse and me is an unbe- Jenkins. Jenkins approved and arranged to Achieve Competitive Excellence in lievable privilege.” photo sessions with selected athletes. Wellington, Florida, on February 10. 6 Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence USET FOUNDATION HAS RAISED $10 MILLION TOWARDS GOAL

BY MARY HILTON

USET Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark announced the launch of the $20 million Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence at the Lou and Katherine Miracle, Kick Off Gala in Wellington, Florida, on Cara Raether February 10. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees embarked on this fundraising David and Karen O’Connor Walter and Mary Anne McPhail program to support U.S. athletes two years ago and has already raised $10 million towards the $20 million goal.

In her Keynote Address to the 240 invited guests, which included athletes, Robin and Gerry Parsky coaches, and U.S. equestrian team sup- porters, Clark detailed the achieve- ments U.S. equestrian teams have Melissa Cohn Olivia and Bill Weeks amassed internationally and noted and Bruce Duchossois that now every competitive advantage must be secured to continue this legacy. Marsha and Diana and The funds raised in the Campaign to Dennis Dammerman Bertram R. Firestone Achieve Competitive Excellence will be dedicated to preparing U.S. eques- trian athletes and horses for success at the upcoming World Championships, Pan American Games, Olympic Games, Samsung Show Jumping Super League Series, World Cup Finals for Dressage and Show jumping, CCI4* Eventing John and Beezie Madden, Armand Leone, Jr., and Hunter and Jeannie Harrison competitions, and the FEI World and Tucker Johnson Karen and Frank Lloyd Reining Masters Final. current coaching programs; and preserve and protect the historic Gladstone, New Starting with the leadership gifts Jersey, headquarters. pledged over the past two years, the Campaign for Competitive Excellence In conclusion, President Clark thanked the athletes, coaches, owners of team horses, seeks commitments of $25,000 and and donors of leadership gifts. “We all share a commitment that the USET remains higher to be paid over the four-year a force to be reckoned with in international equestrian competition,” Clark said. “I period. The contributions to the cam- ask you to help us maintain this level of performance that has become the United paign will help support all seven High States Equestrian Team legacy and join us in our Campaign to Achieve Competitive Performance disciplines by providing Excellence.” funds to implement a comprehensive USEF High Performance Strategic Plan; Highlighting the campaign Kick-Off Gala, President Clark made special presentations increase the number of competition and to the party hosts David and Tuny Page; party sponsors Ethel M. Chocolates, Manhattan training grants for Elite and Developing Mortgage and PhelpsSport.com; former Foundation Chairman Frank V. Lloyd; and athletes; expand Developing/Young Elma Garcia for her Athlete Portrait Campaign. Awards were presented to Gold Medal Rider programs; maintain and expand Club members celebrating anniversaries as USET Foundation supporters. Photos by Heather Caristo\ Diana and Richard Feldman Robert and Janice Aron Jane F. Clark and Elma Garcia Susan and Tim Dutta Joanne Smith and George Williams 7

USET Foundation Awards Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy To Show Jumper Carolyn Kelly BY JENNIFER WOOD he USET Foundation awarded the Lionel Guerrand- experience. I also have to thank my parents for their support Hermès Trophy to 18-year-old Carolyn Kelly of New and my fantastic horses.” TYork, New York, recognizing her as a Junior/Young Rider who exemplifies the USET Foundation’s ideals of sports- On the United States team, Kelly competed with fellow Hermès manship and horsemanship. The presentation was made at trophy winners Brianne Goutal and Kappler. “It’s kind of a the Kick Off Gala for the Campaign to Achieve Competitive funny fact that we have all won this award,” Kelly remarked. Excellence in Wellington, Florida. “It definitely makes winning it even more special. Chris is a role model for me.” With her horse Omona AW, Kelly accumulated a long list of show jumping achievements in Kelly credited her successful year to numer- 2006, including being named the USEF Farnam/ ous factors, including staying in Florida for

Platform Horse of the Year in the Junior Jumper Photo by Heather Caristo the 2006 winter season to train. “I didn’t division, and winning both the $40,000 Junior/ commute as in past years,” she explained. Amateur Jumper Classic in Saugerties, New York, “To have that intensive training and tons and the Calvin Klein Show Jumping Derby at the of hours on horses really helped. Chris has Hampton Classic in Bridgehampton, New York. given me a lot of confidence, and he’s a The duo also helped Zone 2 win the Gold Medal at genius in having the right program for the Hermès Director of Equestrian the Prix des States in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Marketing Bill Whitehead presents horses.” Carolyn Kelly with an Hermès . Kelly’s most rewarding competition to date was when she Kelly is a freshman at Princeton University in New Jersey and is received her pink coat and represented the United States in commuting to Florida for the 2007 season to compete. Recently, international competition at the Nations’ Cup in , at the Winter Equestrian Festival, she competed in her first . On her horse Rulanda, Kelly helped the U.S. team Grand Prix show jumping event. “I need more Grand Prix expe- win the Gold Medal. “I’m so grateful to the USET Foundation, rience,” Kelly said. “I have a focus on school, but I hope to keep George Morris and my trainer, Chris Kappler, for making that my riding going, and I hope to represent the United States again happen,” Kelly said. “Under their guidance, it was a wonderful as soon as possible and as much as I can.”

USET Foundation Names Beezie Madden as 2007 Whitney Stone Cup Winner for Second Consecutive Year BY JENNIFER WOOD he USET Foundation Executive Committee annually by Abigail Wexner, have become a force to be reckoned awards the Whitney Stone Cup to an active competi- with in international show jumping competition. At the 2006 Ttor who displays consistent excellence in international World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, Madden and competition and high standards of sportsmanlike conduct Authentic helped the United States win the Team Silver Medal while also serving as an ambassador for the United States and and also won the Individual Silver Medal. equestrian sport. For the first time in its 27-year history, the Whitney Stone Cup has been given a “It is a real honor to win this award for a second time to a deserving horseman. The 2007 second time,” Madden said. “I hope it’s a Whitney Stone Cup winner is Beezie Madden sign that I’m setting a good example for of Cazenovia, New York. The presentation was young, up-and-coming riders.” made at the Kick Off Gala for the Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence on February 10 Photo by Heather Caristo Madden was pleasantly surprised when she in Wellington, Florida. learned that she was being honored for a second time. “I didn’t really expect it, but The Whitney Stone Cup is given in honor of the I thought I had a better year in 2006 than late Whitney Stone, who served as President and 2005,” she said. “If I can show consistency Chairman of the Board of the USET. Whitney Jane Forbes Clark presents Whitney and have one good year after another, that’s Stone Cup to Beezie Madden. Stone led the USET from 1953 to 1973. He was what I’m aiming for.” instrumental in the creation of a civilian team when the Army retired from competitive horse sports after 1948. U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe George H. Morris, stated, “Beezie is the epitome of what this award stands for. She Following an outstanding year in 2005, Madden was awarded shows younger riders how it should be done and is the perfect the Whitney Stone Cup. In 2006, Madden led the United example of horsemanship and sportsmanship for everyone States to even more honors. Madden and Authentic, owned to follow.” 8 CAMPAIGN TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE DONORS

$1,000,000 AND ABOVE Greenlaw “Fritz” Grupe, Jr. $25,000 TO $49,999 & Phyllis Grupe Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Robert Johnstone Anonymous Jane Forbes Clark Helene Magill Sherry & Allen Adams Sheila C. Johnson Louise and Katherine Miracle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Domencich Mr. & Mrs. S. Tucker S. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Parsky Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Field Mr. & Mrs. James C. Richards Claudia and Sparky Frost Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Shaughnessy Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Fuqua $500,000 TO $999,999 Mr. & Mrs. E. Parry Thomas Tamara Gerber Peter C. Welles Mr. & Mrs. Jean Goutal El Campeon Farm & Stephanie Field Harris The Gonda Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hobbs Jacqueline B. Mars $50,000 TO $99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Kalman Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Wexner Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kamine Anonymous Lee Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bellissimo William J. Kimmel & Sandy Yeager $250,000 TO $499,999 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Burke Dr. & Mrs. Armand Leone, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Feldman Susan Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. Robert Aron Tami Diane Hoag Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Broussard Elizabeth L. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Walter McPhail Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. S. Craig Lindner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Montgomery John Fleischhacker Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Lloyd George H. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Murray H. Goodman Laura Davies Mateo Mason Phelps, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. E. Hunter Harrison Mr. & Mrs. J. David Page Schuyler Riley Mr. & Mrs. Paul Raether Mr. & Mrs. John Paxton Gov. & Mrs. Mitt Romney Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Tribble Jessica Ransehousen Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rumbough Akiko Yamazaki & Jerry Yang Mr. & Mrs. Carl Segal Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Salick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Simpson Mary B. Schwab Chester C. Weber/Live Oak Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Allan E. Shore, Jr. $100,000 TO $249,999 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony V. Weight Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Smith Wellington Equestrian Partners Linda Starkman Carol & Rebecca Cohen John Wetzel Mr. & Mrs. Eric L. Straus Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dammerman Deborah Sturges Mr. & Mrs. Danny Darby Mr. & Mrs. William H. Weeks R. Bruce Duchossois Mr. & Mrs. Theodore L. Weise 2006 ANNUAL LISTING OF DONORS The Board of Trustees wishes to express its appreciation to the many donors who support the USET Foundation. These contributions help provide the funding for the High Performance competition, training, coaching, travel and educational needs of America’s elite and developing athletes and horses. We are most grateful and pleased to recognize the leadership of our donors to the Campaign to Achieve Competitive Excellence and the donors of $250 or more between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006. The generosity of these donors supports the Foundation’s mission as well as our commitment to the High Performance Program. Our teams’ history of competitive excel- lence could not have happened without this exceptional encouragement and support.

GOLD MEDAL CLUB Mr. & Mrs. Harold N. Kamine 15 Year Award Katherine & Louise Miracle R. Bruce Duchossois ANNIVERSARIES Heloise B. Power Sally Ike Philip E. Richter Lee Kellogg 10 Year Award Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rumbough Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Linde Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. John E. Runnells U.S. Dressage Federation Jean Baum John W. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Bazaar Lisa T. Silverman 20 Year Award K. Reed Berkey Joy L. Slater Mr. & Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dammerman Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Walton Cynthia W. Nord Mr. & Mrs. James H. Fairclough John Wetzel Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fairclough 25 Year Award Robi D. Greenberg Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Burton Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M.D.C. Guest Corwith Hamill U.S. Eventing Association

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CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Equestrian Events, Inc. PATRON Equus Foundation, Inc. ($250,000 + ) Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Goldstein ($2,500 + ) Anonymous Tami Diane Hoag Mr. & Mrs. Ernest S. Bessette, Jr. Cape Branch Foundation Robert L. Johnson Carlene C. Blunt Jane Forbes Clark Mr. & Mrs. Harold N. Kamine Jennifer M. Burger Mr. & Mrs. S. Tucker Snow Johnson Lee Kellogg Joan Cvengros Sheila C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. James D. Meyer Anne W. Eldridge George H. Morris Elizabeth Hunter Engel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. M. Craig Ferrell Sunny & Abe Rosenberg Foundation PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Sandra A. Frazier Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rumbough Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gallo ($50,000 + ) Mr. & Mrs. Howard B. Simpson Mrs. William P. Gilbert Ellen Van Dyke Holtgers Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Theodore L. Weise Mr. & Mrs. Robert Aron Mieke D. Hanssens John Wetzel Dr. & Mrs. Peter N. Heydon Jerome & Rebecca Broussard Mrs. Albert D. Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Finn M. W. Caspersen Peter & Julianna Holt Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Live Oak Plantation Combined Driving Inc. Madalene W. Loheac Mr. & Mrs. Danny L. Darby BENEFACTOR Mr. & Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone Suzanne Marquard Mr. & Mrs. John J. Fleischhacker ($5,000 + ) Barbara McElnea Four Winds Foundation Northeast Kansas Quarter Horse Association El Campeon Farms & The Gonda Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Rebar Family Foundation Sherry & Allen Adams Col. John W. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Murray H. Goodman W. J. Barney Foundation Marion Scharffenberger Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Grupe, Jr. K. Reed Berkey Betsy Rebar Sell Mr. & Mrs. E. Hunter Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brown Mace Siegel Elizabeth L. Johnson The Chronicle of the Horse Lisa T. Silverman Mr. & Mrs. S. Craig Lindner Barbara B. Ellison Linda Irvine Smith Helen J. Magill Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Field Nancy Imboden Spears Jacqueline B. Mars Claudia & Sparky Frost Mr. & Mrs. William C. Steinkraus Mr. & Mrs. Segundo D. Mateo Corwith Hamill Frances B. Steinwedell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Parsky Mr. & Mrs. Paul O. Harmel Karen E. Stives Wendy S. Raether Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Holekamp Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Kermit S. Sutton Mr. & Mrs. Dewitt Hornor David Teiger Mr. & Mrs. E. Parry Thomas The Edith B. and Lee V. Jacobs Fund No. 2 John E. Toffolon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Wexner Mr. & Mrs. John J. Jubin U.S. Dressage Federation Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Kalman Lee Vogelstein Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Kanavy Hedda Windisch von Goeben Abigail K. Kawananakoa Bruce B. Wiltsie FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Marie Kelly ($25,000 + ) William Kimmel & Sandra Yeager Dr. & Mrs. Armand Leone, Jr. GOLD MEDAL CLUB Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Lindsay Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bellissimo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lutz ($1,000 + ) Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dammerman Mr. & Mrs. L. E. MacElree Mr. R. Bruce Duchossois Patricia Adikes-Hill Mary Alice D. Malone Air Equine Mrs. Helen K. Groves Linda A. Mars Mr. & Mrs. Robert Johnstone Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Allen Anna H. McKnight American Endurance Ride Conference R.J. & H.C. Kleberg Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Walter McPhail Live Oak Foundation American Live Stock Ins. Co. Mrs. Arthur L. Montgomery Ashanti Farm, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Lloyd Jan Neuharth Katherine & Louise Miracle Tom Atwood Louise M. Otten Helen H. Ayer Mr. & Mrs. J. David Page Palm Beach Dressage Derby Mr. & Mrs. James C. Richards Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bass Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Patzau Jean B. Baum Mr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Rojek Rosalie C. Peslar Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Salick Barbara M. Bays Mr. & Mrs. E. Norman Peterson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Bazaar Mr. & Mrs. Carl Segal Mason Phelps, Jr. Chester C. Weber Marjorie W. Beardsley Mr. & Mrs. James F. Powers, Jr. Katrina H. Becker Peter C. Welles Gov. & Mrs. W. Mitt Romney Wellington Equestrian Partners Mr. & Mrs. Rodney F. Beckwith Star Schatten Mr. & Mrs. Steve Benjamin Mary B. Schwab Roberta E. Berry Nancy & Callie Seaman Mr. & Mrs. James Bibbler MAJOR BENEFACTOR Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John T. Blunt ($10,000 + ) Linda Starkman Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie J. Alexandra Storm Sarah E. Bowman American Quarter Horse Association Mr. & Mrs. Eric Straus Karen I. Bristing Patricia K. Applegate Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Jim Brown Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bramsen Barbara A. Tooman Elizabeth Busch Burke Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Buonanno Mr. & Mrs. William H. Weeks Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Burton Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Anthony V. Weight Gordon E. Cadwgan Carol & Rebecca Cohen Nancy Hamill Winter California Dressage Society Suzanne E. Dansby-Phelps Elizabeth S. Chesson

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GOLD MEDAL CLUB (continued) Gene N. Koelbel Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Roberts Anne Kursinski Carolynn Rockafellow Sharon Chesson Lake Placid Horse Show Association Bill & Sandy Rogers Gayle F. Chipman Mr. & Mrs. Larry Langer Mr. & Mrs. John E. Runnells III Mrs. Stephen Clark, Jr. Mimi D. Leggett Mr. & Mrs. Jerome J. Saladino, Jr. James W. Cogdell Mr. & Mrs. H. Guy Leibler Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Sapanski Patricia K. Colagiuri Mr. & Mrs. Mark Leone Susan B. Schoellkopf William S. Coleman, Jr. Dr. Deborah Anne Levy Susan R. Schulman Mr. & Mrs. John Coles Liberty Side Saddle Network Sara C. Schwartz Henry L. Collins III Michelle M. Liggett Jane C. Scott Carol E. Copeland, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Linde Alexa C. Seip Mr. & Mrs. Luis de Hechavarria John Long Jean D. Shehan Dr. Mary Delton & Dr. Robert Boeckman Mrs. Screven Lorillard Charles G. Siler Orlando N. Di Rienzo Elaine C. Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silverstein Mr. & Mrs. T. J. Dermot Dunphy Mr. & Mrs. Ernst Mahler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Simpson Margaret H. Duprey Mr. & Mrs. David Mallery Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Slack Barbara & Stephen Duzan Elizabeth Mandarino Dr. & Mrs. Kim W. Sloan Karen Long Dwight Erin Markee Anne C. Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Steve D. Engle Donna DelPrete Marki Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Springsteen Mr. & Mrs. James H. Fairclough Margot M. McAllister Mrs. B.B. Stamats Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fairclough Mr. & Mrs. John H. McCallum Star Bar Breeders, Inc. Mary Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. John G. Stathis Karin W. Flint Fund Mr. & Mrs. Collin F. McNeil Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Stempel Virginia S. Frazier Mr. & Mrs. W. James McNerney, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bayne Stevenson Pamela B. French Tim & Colleen McQuay Marie C. Stiefel Mr. & Mrs. Otto N. Frenzel III Meadow Hill Farms LLC Walter L. Straus John H. Fritz The Meek Foundation Betty Jane Strong Drs. Brendan W. & Wendy Furlong Elizabeth Mellor Mr. & Mrs. George R. Tauber Rosie A. Garlock Mr. & Mrs. Jim C. Merritt Kat A. Taylor Gregory W. Gingery Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Miller U. Constance von Roth Terfloth Helen J. Gordon Sylvia S. Miskoe Brinley L. Thomas Winifred P. Gray Dr. Richard D. Mitchell Christine K. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Hermen Greenberg Kathleen C. Moore Eve Lloyd Thompson Robi D. Greenberg Jenny Morris Mrs. William C. Thompson Hope Greenfield Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Morris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John L. Thornton Janet R. Greenlin Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Morse Louise D. Tiernan Mary Griffith Michael Mosley Lauren Tisbo Georgia D. Griffiths Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Moynihan Mr. & Mrs. Pascal F. Tone Natasha Grigg Pauline R. Murphy Linda Tribby Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M.D.C. Guest Constance Murray Donna M. Trojanowski Dr. Brian Gwartz Stagg & Cheryl Newman Phyllis Dye Turner Joan B. Hadley Cynthia W. Nord U.S. Eventing Association, Inc. Blanny A. Hagenah Karin Reid Offield Upperville Colt & Horse Show, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. George Handtmann Janet D. Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Walton Virginia J. Haring Mr. & Mrs. Michael O. Page Jan & Bob Weber Linda Sue Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Chris Paradysz Elkins Wetherill Mr. & Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn Dr. Cesar Parra Kathleen & Katie Whaley Lucy Anne Hession Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Patton, Jr. John P. White Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Hester Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Pavlini Emily A. Wyly Mr. & Mrs. Don T. Hibner, Jr. Barbara E. Perfect Penny Youngblood Carole Hoffman Pfizer, Inc. Lauren Hough Phelps Media Group, Inc. Leslie Burr Howard Marcia R. Phillips SILVER MEDAL CLUB Mr. & Mrs. C. Michael Huber Joyce V. Phipps Barbara Hunter Cynthia Piper ($500 + ) Mrs. Phelps S. Hunter Peter Pletcher Lisa H. Adams Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter Bruce W. Polozker Sharnette L. Atkinson Sally Ike Frank J. Ponzio, Jr. The George T. Baker Foundation, Inc. John F. Inganamort Christy H. Powell Mr. & Mrs. S. Robert Beane, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul O. Inman Heloise B. Power Janet G. Bennett Alison C. Jones Arthur W. Priesz, Jr., Esq. Mr. & Mrs. David Bernstein Mrs. Charles H. Jones, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Martin F. Puris Paul Bluhdorn Marion S. Jones Darlene Racinelli Lucy Blundon JRL Advertising Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Racioppo Cindy Bulwicz Shelby Jean Kaplan-Sloan Jane M. Rainis Thomas L. Caisse Mary Keenan Dr. & Mrs. Manrin Rains III Sandra K. Campbell Katharine L. Kelly Nonie B. Ramsay Ken Carbaugh Alston M. Kerr Karen Ramsing-Bixler Mr. & Mrs. Michael Carpenter Lois Kessler Gretchen Regnery Mindy E. Carver Mr. & Mrs. Murray Kessler Claire J. Reid Anne H. Case Laura King-Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Max E. Richter Robert Chambers Austin H. Kiplinger Philip E. Richter Mrs. William Class The C. Richard & Marie L. Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Ridland Elta T. Cooke Knowles Family Fund Carolyn C. Rizza Judith L. Corley

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SILVER MEDAL CLUB Denise Wilson Denise M. Jeffries (continued) Phelps Witter, Jr. Rose M. Johnson Janet B. York Thomas S. Kenan III Robin C. Covitt Eileen V. Kerstetter Nicholas E. B. Coyne Mary A. Kimble Mr. & Mrs. Harrington M. Cummings BRONZE MEDAL CLUB Jeffrey Klinger Karen S. Cunningham Joni Louise Kuhn Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Dalton ($250 + ) Stephen LaBarge Christine W. Dean Alison B. Arter Helen J. LaBayne Virginia G. Decker Nan Barrett Jan L. Lee Mickey Deike Marcia A. Baxter Cynthia Lippon Ian R. Dempsey Enola R. Becker Robin Liu Craig Dobbs Barbara N. Beeson David J. Lorusso Mrs. James Dreiling R. Donald Bell Mrs. Donald C. Lucas Mrs. Henry E. I. duPont Lynn Benoliel-Jacobson Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Marano, Jr. Kathleen Faulkner, M.D. Cynthia Wainwright Berger Meghan Marsters Diana Federman Vesta Fay Bevan Anne M. Mason Lauren P. Fellows Barbara L. Bird Dr. & Mrs. Phillip McFarlane Molly Forlines Linda K. Blake Mrs. Gaylord E. McKissick Adrienne Funnell Cynthia S. Boniface Jacqueline McLean Severson Gladstone Equestrian Association Betty L. Bowman Elizabeth E. McPherson Kristin Glover Derek Braun Mrs. George W. Merck Susan J. Goudy Darryl Breniser Mary Ann Misenhimer Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griesemer Toni Brouillard Thomas F. Moore Deborah A. Hanline Robyn S. Browder Tracey J. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harper Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Brumder Diana M. Morton Nancy N. Hathaway Mrs. William Bulkeley Betty W. Mullen Page Hinds-Athan Deborah Buzby-Cope Marjorie Neaderland, DVM Diana Hobby Carolyn C. Cadier Dr. Robert L. Newman Katharine McLane Hoffman Diane Carney Janice P. Nicholson Renee Holik Maude G. Carr Dr. Elliott B. Oppenheim HorseTech Inc. Darren M. Chiacchia Frances R. Outland John R. Steele & Associates William S. Coleman III S. Jeanne Owen Lezlie B. Johnson Barbara S. Conners Mary Ann Parker Arthur M. Joost, Jr., M.D. Joanne Chope B. Corsiglia Louise L. Petz Kaleidescape LLC Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Cotton Joan M. Polimeni Gaynor Kelley Sarah Crevar Pauline M. Pollard The Levick Family Foundation Brad Cutshall John A. Proudman Mrs. John Lhotka Kathryn A. D’Ancona Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Rhodes Arlene MacKay Barbara D. Daspit Mr. & Mrs. Terrence L. Rock Dr. Jane A. Madden Denise & Gary David Lynn N. Rohwedder Andrea Seymour B. McCauley Frank P. Davidson Jillian J. Ryan Hazel C. Merrills Kalvin Dobbs Albert I. Salama Sharon H. Morris Raymond C. Drake Kathy Sayer Terry S. Owens Mary Dunahay Stephanie C. Schuepbach Jessica Paine Elizabeth Durkin Elizabeth J. Shanahan Joseph Ponte E.S.P. Family Foundation Eliza Shuford Suzanne Porter Nancy L. Elberty Dr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sigman, DVM Tish Quirk Dr. Nancy D. Elliot Dore L. Snyder Chloe Reid Karen C. Fanelli Starr Vaughn Equestrian, Inc. Janet K. Richardson-Pearson Laura R. Fernberger Gretchen Stearns Mona Riggs Peter A. Fried Ingrid Steiner Celia Russo Meredith Fulbright Gale L. Stienon San Juan Ranch Robert T. Gannett Mr. & Mrs. John Stomski Robert Scheuer Nancy Gause Charlene Summers John E. Schmeltzer III Carol Giles The Goldstein Family Mary Kay Schultz Alexa Goldsmith Kathi Thonet Melanie J. Servetas Elizabeth K. Gray Page Tredennick Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Shackle Dianne D. Grod Tracy A. Turner Sho Clothes Katharine C. Hardin Barbara G. Uskup Dr. Stephen G. Soule Sharon L. Hardy William N. Vaughan Benjamin F. Stapleton III Taylor Harris Jane Carter Ware Star West Lynn Hart Janet M. Wassilak Jane J. Suwalsky Pamela Harting Dr. Janet Weber Amanda Tallman Cynthia L. Hartinger Mrs. Charles S. Whitehouse Beatrice C. Tangel Petra Tischer Hartung Mr. & Mrs. James P. Whitson U.S. Equestrian Federation Pamela Hauptfleisch Patricia Willey Leslie K. Valente Michael J. Henaghan Julie Winkel John T. Watson Meredith S. Hodges Laurie J. Yamasaki Drs. Richard & Janice Weaver Deborah Howe Edward B. Young, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold P. Wilmerding Lindsay Ianello Mr. & Mrs. Sam Young Carey A. Wilson Caroline B. Jacob Marti Zabel Sybal R. Janssen

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DONORS CONTRIBUTE TO USET FOUNDATION AT BENEFIT PARTIES AND EVENTS The USET Foundation thanks the following individuals for their attendance and generous gifts at the Excellence in Aachen Benefit held in Gladstone, New Jersey, the USET Foundation Benefit Party and Auction hosted by Jami Heidegger, publisher of Show Circuit Magazine, at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Indio, California, and the Cedar Lane Driving Event hosted by S. Tucker S. Johnson in Oldwick, New Jersey.

EXCELLENCE IN AACHEN GALA Sandra J. Nicolaisen Denise C. Callahan Mr. & Mrs. George N. Allport Karin Reid Offield Mr. & Mrs. Finn M. W. Caspersen Karen E. Anderson Rowan T. O’Riley Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Chapin James H. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. J. David Page Mr. & Mrs. Chao-Tarng Cheng Madeleine Austin Paul Miller, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Devlin Dr. Allison D. Barca Rosalie C. Peslar Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Dewey Marcia S. Dewey Christina L. Baxter Phelps Media Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Diemar III Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Bazaar Mary Phelps-Hathaway Mr. & Mrs. John J. Drozjock Renae C. Biale Lynn Pierson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph U. Duke Charlotte Bredahl Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Piwowar Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Durling Leontyne Broome Mr. & Mrs. James F. Powers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. B. Danforth Ely Florence Brown The Pye Family Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Emmet Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Racioppo Mr. & Mrs. Phillip O. Escaravage Laurie Browning Melissa Ransehousen Mr. & Mrs. James H. Fairclough Richard Burgstresser Jessica L. Rattner Silke Rembacz Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fairclough Mr. & Mrs. John J. Campi Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Cantrell Frederick H. Root Mette Rosencrantz Mr. & Mrs. Michael N. Gooen Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Cascio Helen J. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Chandor Mr. & Mrs. Laurence S. Ross Janne Rumbough Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Graff Jane Forbes Clark Hope Greenfield Carol & Rebecca Cohen Mr. & Mrs. John E. Runnells III Mr. & Mrs. Christopher F. Sameth Mr. & Mrs. Perry E. Hall III Kathleen A. Connelly Mr. & Mrs. Reid D. Hausmann Mrs. Robert F. Corroon Mr. & Mrs. Carleton E. Saunders III Jerry Schwartz Elizabeth T. Hetfield Sue Cowie Mr. & Mrs. William Jenkins Brenda Curnin Betsy Rebar Sell Sho Clothes Betty W. Johnson Suzanne E. Dansby-Phelps A.L. Kalkin & A. O’Brien Susan Decker-Bibbo Anita L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Smith Beverly A. Kazickas Cornelius O. Durkin Elizabeth S. Kneser Elizabeth Durkin Lauren E. Sprieser Amanda Steege Kristen P. Krag Mr. & Mrs. Carlton C. Durling Mr. & Mrs. Kearney Y. Kuhlthau Mr. & Mrs. Tim Dutta Eric L. Straus Amy L. Stuhr Mr. & Mrs. S. Peter Lorillard Jan Ebeling Donna DelPrete Marki Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Feldman Mr. & Mrs. George R. Tauber Louise D. Tiernan Nancy McCaffrey Mr. & Mrs. Oliver D. Filley Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Morriello Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Fuqua Dr. C. Mike Tomlinson Phyllis Dye Turner Frederick C. Mueller Elma Garcia Marla Mueller Howard B. Goldberg U.S. Equestrian Federation Cherylin Von Aldenbruck Marc M. Norton Mary Ann Grant Sassona Norton Mr. & Mrs. Robert Greifeld Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Weinstock James P. Welsh Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nugent Helen K. Groves James F. O’Rourke III Phoebe A. Weseley Teri P. Hallman Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Parker Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Winslow Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Harms Louis G. Piancone Scott O. Zahner, M.D. Klaus & Jami Heidegger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Picardo, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Zlotkin Lucy Anne Hession Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Piwowar Tami Diane Hoag INDIO AUCTION The Pye Family Peter & Julianna Holt Patricia K. Applegate Mr. & Mrs. Laurence S. Ross Mr. & Mrs. William Jenkins Joy Bancroft Mr. & Mrs. Steve Rubenstein Marta Kauffman & Michael Skloff Alan Berardo Jill M. Ryder Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Buie Mr. & Mrs. Christopher F. Sameth Brenna Y. Kucinski Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas D. Connor Mr. & Mrs. J. William Scher Pamela J. Lane Joie Gatlin Dr. & Mrs. Leslie D. Schlessinger Mr. & Mrs. Guy Leibler Klaus & Jami Heidegger Ashley Steinhart Dr. & Mrs. Armand Leone, Jr. Edward G. Kohan Mr. & Mrs. George R. Tauber Mr. & Mrs. Serge Leoni Macella A. O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. J. Willard Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Thompson Stacey Siebel Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Maloney Louise D. Tiernan Linda Starkman Dr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Marano, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. A. Markus Van Den Bergh Amanda Tallman Donna DelPrete Marki Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Vartanian Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Weeda Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Harold P. Wilmerding Michael Zucchini & Patricia Hayward Kathleen McGauran Higgins Mrs. Keith C. Wold Maggie McGuire CEDAR LANE DRIVING EVENT CORPORATE PARTNERS Mr. & Mrs. Frank Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Louis V. Aronson II Paul Miller, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Millar Sara Ballantine Ryan Michael Morris Associates Mr. & Mrs. Rowland Miller Phillip & Lynn Bisco Footings Unlimited Teri Miller Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bliss Say It With Flowers Sidney S. Morse Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Brucker Ed Russo

13 George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session Provides Mentoring from Equestrian Masters to Young Riders

BY JENNIFER KAPPLER and friends to be involved. We have a was too simple and they did not want great tradition of success in this country to learn it. That, of course, is what this eorge H. Morris Horsemaster- and we need to keep the ball rolling. is all about – a review of fundamentals ship Training Sessions took That is the way that we stay competitive in horsemanship.” Gplace January 15 – 20, 2007, at at the championship level and while the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in competing abroad.” Morris noted that he would like to see Wellington, Florida. Eight participants this format implemented in different were chosen based on It was an action-packed parts of the country with other clini- their rankings on the five-day session for cians. “We have to incorporate the sta- 2006 Bates Equitation the participants. Day ble management, veterinary science and List. The curriculum con- one commenced with conformation if this is to be what we sisted of extensive work mentor grooms work- used to call horsemastership,” Morris with their horses plus ing with the riders on explained. training sessions in barn , fol- management, nutrition, lowed by Morris giv- Jane Forbes Clark, president of the grooming, conforma- ing a lesson. USET Foundation, thanked the many tion, veterinary science, The day concluded with sponsors of the week, which included and course design. Dr. Marks providing an Bates Australia, Stadium Jumping Inc., informative slide show USHJA, USEF, Primedia, Purina, and The participants were about the conforma- Practical Horseman. “George Morris Maria Schaub, Alex tion of some of the best has exemplified excellence his entire Maida, Sloane Coles, horses in the sport of career,” Clark remarked. “Those of you Maggie McAlary, Zazou show jumping, using who were chosen to participate were Hoffman, Nick Haness, slides from his personal chosen because of your excellence Julie Welles, and Hardin collection. Day two con- as developing riders. We hope that Towell. The profes- sisted of mounted flat you build on the knowledge that you sional mentors were work and gymnastics gathered this week and build on the Margie Engle, Laura with Morris and a dem- legacy of the USET and its spectacular Kraut, McLain Ward, onstration of course winning record.” Clark presented a Todd Minikus, John and design with Stephens. USET Foundation saddle pad mono- Beezie Madden, Lauren Day three featured Dr. grammed with the participant’s name Hough, Frank Madden, Ober discussing how to each rider.

Viv Munden, and barn Photo by Kenneth Kraus/PhelpsSports.com to evaluate horses for managers Laurie Pitts George H. Morris condition and sound- Former USET Chef d’Equipe and and Karen Golding. ness. Day four was Olympian Frank Chapot spoke next. Guest lecturers were U.S. equestrian physically exhausting as students par- “You do not know how lucky you are team veterinarian Dr. Tim Ober; world- ticipated in a no- lesson with to have this week with George,” Chapot renowned veterinarian Dr. Dan Marks; Morris and set fences for jumping. On said. “I had this position before him, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games course the final day, participants jumped the and I know what it is like. He has done designer Steve Stephens; and technical course that they set with Morris. The a better job than anyone has ever done it equine nutritionist Katie Young, Ph.D. Horsemastership Training Session con- before, and we hope he continues to do The final day of the clinic concluded cluded with the luncheon sponsored so in the future.” with a luncheon sponsored by the USET by the USET Foundation where the Foundation. pool of talented participants and their In a surprise ending to the luncheon, mentors shared reflections on the infor- the riders approached the microphone “I want to thank the USET Foundation. mative week. to thank those who had helped them. It is an organization that is very dear to “On behalf of all of the riders, I want to my heart,” said George Morris at the Morris spoke to the luncheon group, thank the USET Foundation and every- luncheon. “I want you all to recognize which included participants’ parents one who has been a part of this week. It the importance of the USET Foundation. and sponsors. “This was an exemplary has truly been amazing experience for It is different from the Federation. They group of young people,” Morris said. us,” McAlary said. The riders handed are both very important in my life with “You do not get a better group than out framed photographs and chocolates the High Performance athletes. I have this one. They are seasoned athletes. to the team of mentors. The photos were said many times it is vital that you sup- They are good riders with a good back- signed, “Thank you for being involved port the USET Foundation that supports ground. Their attitudes were great. I in this extraordinary event. We hope you in your careers. Get your family never had the feeling that something someday to make you proud!” 14 The Paul Miller Experience

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