The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the dates and location for the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions, which will also serve as the selection trials for the U.S. dressage team for the 2011 Pan American Games.
The competition will be held over four days, Sept. 8-11, at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, N.J.
The best horse/rider combinations in the following divisions will vie for national dressage championships: Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, Young Adult “Brentina Cup,” Young Rider and Junior. For the first time, a National Pony Dressage Championship will also be run.
The Intermediaire I National Championship will also serve as the Pan Am selection trial.
The Pan American Games will run in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October. The U.S. dressage team won gold medal honors in 2007.
