October 22, 2020 Elite Athletes Head to Tryon for Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship CPEDI3

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Elite Athletes Head to Tryon for Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship CPEDI3

Riders will also compete in the CPEDI2*, CPEDI1*, and the 2020 Para Dressage Emerging Athlete Competition sponsored by USPEA

Paralympian and World Equestrian Games athlete and medal winner Rebecca Hart will compete as one of the fifteen hose and rider combinations at the Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship and CPEDI3*. Photo by Lindsay Y. McCall for the USPEA.

By: Lindsay Y. McCall

Mill Spring, NC – October 22, 2020 – With the uncertainty of the calendar year of 2020 the Para Dressage community is looking forward to the Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship and CPEDI3* competition. Riders will compete October 22-25, 2020, at the beautiful Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. The event will include a national championship along with CPEDI3*, CPEDI2*, and CPEDI1*. Elite, developing, emerging, and young riders will be showcasing their talents in front of international judges Elke Ebert (GER), Carlos Lopes (POR) and Adrienne Pot (USA).Fifteen horse and rider combinations team and individual tests will take place on Friday and Saturday, October 23-24, and the top horse and rider combinations will return for the freestyle tests on Sunday, October 25. High Performance athletes in multiple countries will showcase quality tests as they aim for the rescheduled Paralympic Games taking place August 24 – September 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The competition will be live streamed on USEF Network.https://www.usef.org/network/

The 2020 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship and CPEDI3*, CPEDI2* and CPEDI1* are scheduled to take place October 22-25, in Mill Spring, NC.

The 2020 Para Dressage Emerging Athlete Competition sponsored by USPEA will be held in conjunction with the CPEDI and USEF Para Dressage National Championship October 22-25, in Mill Spring, NC.

The 2020 Paralympic Games are rescheduled to take place August 24 – September 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.

Stay up to date on the Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team by following USA Para Dressage on Facebook and US Equestrian on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Use #USAParaDressage.

About The United States Para-Equestrian Association

United States Para-Equestrian Association Mission Statement

To Help Develop, Promote, Support, and Sustain all USA Para Equestrian Athletes for Regional, National, and International Competition with a focus on Paralympic Equestrian Sport.

United States Para-Equestrian Association Vision Statement

The vision of the United States Para Equestrian Association (USPEA) is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America for athletes with an eligible physical impairment, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grass roots to the Paralympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national Para Equestrian Association in the world.

About USPEA

The United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA) includes every recognized equestrian discipline that is practiced by athletes with an eligible physical impairment with a focus on Paralympic Equestrian Sports. . The USPEA is a network of current and past athletes, owners, officials, event organizers, and equestrian enthusiasts. The Association assists athletes to get involved and expand their knowledge and experience in the Disciplines of Para-Equestrian.

USPEA was created to fill a need to assist Para Equestrian disciplines when they came under the governance of the FEI. While Para Equestrian disciplines were originally segregated, they now are integrated in international sport. As each individual Para Equestrian discipline develops, it is USPEA’s mission to always serve as an advisory resource with the ultimate goal that the established able-bodied discipline affiliate will integrate within their organization.

In 2010, the USPEA earned its 501 (c)(3) status and became a recognized International affiliate association of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) working together to grow the FEI recognized disciplines by helping to provide press, educational information, symposiums and competition opportunities for athletes with eligible physical impairments.

For more information about the USPEA please visit www.USPEA.org or contact USPEA President: Hope Hand by e-mail: hope@uspea.org or by phone: (610)356-6481.

The USPEA is a USEF Recognized National Affiliate. The USEF International High Performance Programs are generously supported by the USET Foundation, USOC, and USEF Sponsors and Members. For more information please visit US Equestrian at https://www.usef.org/compete/disciplines/para-equestrian.

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Media Contact:

Name: Lindsay Y. McCall

Email address: Lindsay@uspea.org

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