U.S. Eventing Association Leaders Dispute British View Of Three-Day Position

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U.S. Eventing Association Leaders Dispute British View Of Three-Day Position

A brief report in the Jan. 27 issue of the British weekly magazine Horse & Hound, headlined "U.S. Accepts Short Format Here To Stay," has prompted a strongly worded response from Kevin Baumgardner and D.C. McBroom, the co-chairmen of the USEA Classic Three-Day Event Task Force.

Baumgardner and McBroom note that the headline and the first several paragraphs "create a misconception that American eventers are resigned to the marginalization, if not the outright elimination, of classic three-day events."

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February 9, 2005
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A brief report in the Jan. 27 issue of the British weekly magazine Horse & Hound, headlined “U.S. Accepts Short Format Here To Stay,” has prompted a strongly worded response from Kevin Baumgardner and D.C. McBroom, the co-chairmen of the USEA Classic Three-Day Event Task Force.

Baumgardner and McBroom note that the headline and the first several paragraphs “create a misconception that American eventers are resigned to the marginalization, if not the outright elimination, of classic three-day events.”

They add, “Nothing could be further from the truth. In a recent online poll conducted by the USEA, over 92 percent of respondents favored the classic format over the short format. [Reporter Nancy] Jaffer