Maui
Jim Wayne Horse Trials
Preview
For
the first time the Maui Jim Wayne Horse Trials will be offering a CIC** as well
as a CIC*. There are 19 entries in the two star.
Among
the notable competitors who will be in Illinois for the CIC** are.
Multiple
Olympic Team Medalist Karen O'Connor, of The Plains, Virginia, will 
be
bringing Joker's Wild and Mr. Ripley. The latter is fresh from a victory in a
Preliminary Section at Groton House II, the last weekend in June. (Karen and
Mr. Ripley are pictured at the right in the Dressage Phase at Red Hills this spring.)
Mike
Huber will travel from Texas to ride Kittengala, formerly the ride of last year's
Olympic Silver Medalist Kim Severson. Mike is a Selector for the USEF's Eventing
Teams which compete internationally. Mike was a member of the USET's Team at the
1990 World Equestrian in Stockholm, Sweden.
Lucia
Strini, very successful as a Young Rider, comes from Virginia to ride Addis Abba.
In
the Advanced Section Dorothy Crowell, who lives in Kentucky, will ride El 
Guapo
and Radio Flyer. (Dorothy and El Guapo are pictured at the left jumping into
the last water at the Jersey Fresh CCI**, where they finished 9th.) Dorothy
was the Individual Silver Medalist at the 1994 World Equestrian Games at The Hague,
in the Netherlands, on the great Molokai.
Karen
O'Connor has entered Upstage, who place 7th at the Rolex-Kentucky CCI****, this
spring. Cathy Weischhoff, who also comes from the state of Kentucky, brings her
Rolex-Kentucky 17th place ride Ocotillo.
In
addition there are Preliminary, Training and Young Rider Sections as well as a
USEA/Spalding Labs Young Event Horse Qualifier.
