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Non-Profit Org. USET Foundation News U.S. postage United States Equestrian Team Foundation, Inc. NEWS 1040 Pottersville Road PAID USET Foundation P.O. Box 355 Piscataway, NJ Gladstone, NJ 07934-9955 Permit #129 UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION • VOLUME 6 • ISSUE 1 • WINTER 2008 Olympians Represent USET Foundation in 119th Rose Parade BY MARY HILTON Photo by Ilse Schwarz and Ken Braddick/HorseSportUSA Beijing float precedes the USET Foundation squad of 12 Olympians representing show jumping, dressage, and eventing as fans cheer, “USA!” “IT WAS INCREDIBLE. We will never, ever ride in front of so many people again,” said Guenter Seidel, one of 12 Olympians who represented the USET Foundation in the 2008 Rose Parade on New Year’s Day, marking the first time in history that a U.S. Equestrian Team participated in this renowned event. ore than a million spectators lined the five-and-a-half mile and Karen Stives. This stellar group of riders has won 17 Olympic route on Colorado Avenue in Pasadena, California, for medals for the United States. the two-hour 119th Rose Parade – a showcase for extrava- Leading the Olympians on foot as flag bearers were Jane Mgant floral floats, top-notch marching bands, and 300 horses. Forbes Clark, USET Foundation President and CEO, and Mason Nine U.S. networks broadcast the parade live, including ABC, Phelps, U.S. Eventing Team alternate at the 1968 Mexico City NBC, HGTV, Tribune, Univision, Telemundo, Travel Channel, Olympics. Discovery HD Theater, and Sky Link TV. Internationally, the Mounts for the Olympians were provided by the Los Angeles Rose Parade was viewed by millions of people in more than Mounted Sheriff’s Posse.
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