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FEDERATION® WWW.USEF.ORG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October
23, 2007 Five CCI* USEF
National Champions Named at Mid-South Three Day Event By
Joanie Morris Lexington, KY - New USEF National Eventing Championships
got underway in Lexington, KY October 17-21 and five CCI* titles were handed out
at the Mid-South Three-Day Event held at the Kentucky Horse Park. Karen Shull
put on a flawless performance at the Kentucky Horse Park and had the lowest overall
score in any of the division to claim the Junior and Overall Championship. Riding
Just My Style, the 18-year-old from Bryan, TX won the dressage on a score of 43.6
and never looked back, finishing on her dressage score. In the National CCI* Championship
Marty Whitehouse was second riding Final Score on their dressage mark of
46.5 and Jamie Furtado and Come Out and Play were third with 55.6. Furtado
was the National Amateur Champion, she won the dressage with Come Out and Play
but added six time faults in the show jumping, narrowing her lead to less than
a point over Liz Lund and Lady Hanna B. Katherine Lasher and Silver
Surfer were third. In the Junior Championship, Shull was much the
best, clearly winning by almost 10 points with the 10-year-old gelding. Kate
Owens and Much Ado II were second on a score of 52.1 and Ashley DaFermo
and Puff Dragon who finished on 55.7. These three junior riders all finished the
competition on their dressage scores. In the 19-21 year old Championship
Whitehouse prevailed over Lund and Katherine Brown was third
riding Mojito. Whitehouse, 19, who lives locally in Lexington, KY, rode
her own Final Score to top honors in the new championship. Final Score, a 12-year-old
Thoroughbred gelding was eighth at the Mid-South CCI* in 2005. “My
horse was absolutely spot on this whole weekend,” said Whitehouse,
who attends the University of Kentucky. “He was so supple and willing and
he knew it was a big weekend. On the cross country he was phenomenal, he saved
me at the Weldon’s Wall but I helped him out in a few places so it was a
good team effort. It was an absolutely great weekend.” Shull took
home more accolades in the inaugural USEF Eastern JR/YR One Star Team Championship.
Along with teammates Owens and Abbie Golden, who rode Phantom Pursuit,
the Area V Team made their trip from Texas worthwhile, finishing on a score or
183.3. For more information, please contact USEF High Performance Communications
Manager Joanie Morris at jmorris@usef.org. ENDS | 