The purpose of the USEF Young Horse Dressage Training Sessions is to identify and develop top equine dressage talent in the United States for a future career at the FEI level and international competition on U.S. Teams. Mirroring the existing High Performance development programs, horses should be actively training and competing and therefore may be invited to participate in training sessions with the aspiration of their participating in the 2008 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program (FEI World Breeding Championships Selection Trials and National Championships). These training sessions will be conducted with the USEF Young Horse Dressage Coach, Mr. Scott Hassler.

Official training sessions for 2008 will be held at the following:

FLORIDA: Monday, March 17th - Wednesday, March 19th at the South Show Grounds of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Wellington, Florida;

CALIFORNIA: Tuesday, March 25th - Thursday, March 27th at the L.A. Equestrian Center, Burbank, California

Participation in these training sessions is by INVITATION ONLY.

All interested parties MUST submit an application (deadline: February 27, 2008).   Please visit this link for more information and to download an application.

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