Friday June 9, 2006

USET Foundation’s "Excellence in Aachen" Benefit Features Dinner, Dancing, Silent Auction, and Exciting Live Auction of Klaus Balkenhol Dressage Training Package  

We are gearing up for our on the scene coverage of the 2006 Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ, where the final trials take place for the selection of the American dressage team that will represent the U.S. at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, in August.

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation and Show Circuit Magazine are presenting an evening of fundraising fun in a celebration entitled Excellence in Aachen on Saturday evening, June 17. Scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm, the event will be held under the tent at The Mansion at Hamilton Farm Golf Club at USET Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. The Excellence in Aachen celebration will include dinner and dancing, a fabulous silent auction, and will be highlighted by live auction action for the Klaus Balkenhol Training Package. Dinner co-chairs heading up the 65-member Benefit Committee are Mrs. Mark W.B. Harms and Mrs. Richard E. Marki.

Proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will be used to benefit the U.S. Equestrian Teams at the World Equestrian Games (WEG) to be held in Aachen, Germany (August 20-September 3). Proceeds from the Klaus Balkenhol Training Package will be used to benefit the U.S. Dressage Team at the WEG.

Excellence in Aachen is scheduled to coincide with the USET Foundation Dressage Festival of Champions featuring the 2006 Collecting Gaits Farm USEF National Grand Prix Championship / World Equestrian Games Selection Trials and the USEF National Intermediaire I Championship Presented by Paul Miller, Inc. The competition will be held June 15-18, 2006, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Gladstone headquarters.