Catherine Chamberlain Awarded Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy
Lexington,
KY (July 24, 2014) - The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to
announce that Region 7 Young Rider Catherine Chamberlain, of Murietta, CA, and her
twelve-year-old, Dutch Warmblood gelding, Verdicci, were awarded this year's
Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy. This trophy, which is on permanent display in
the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame, is awarded to the young rider who earns
the highest combined average score in the three dressage tests; FEI Young Rider
Team, Individual, and Freestyle. Catherine was the highest scoring competitor
in the team test, individual test, and the freestyle test
at this year's USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior &Young Rider
Dressage Championships at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young
Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. Chamberlain secured the win of
the Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy in the FEI Young Rider Division
with an overall combined average of 72.1480%.
Catherine earned a 72.132% in the Team Test, 71.789% in the Individual Test,
and 72.525% in the Freestyle Test.
The “Pursuit of Excellence” is the legacy
Fiona Baan left to all the FEI Young Riders, and indeed to everyone who ever
knew or worked with her. For nearly 30 years, Ms. Baan worked tirelessly
with great dedication to the United States Equestrian Team (USET). She
was U.S. Dressage Team leader for the 1976 Olympics, in which the U.S. won the
Bronze Medal, the 1987 Pan Am Games, and for the Bronze Medal dressage team at
the 1992 Olympics, in Barcelona.
For more information about the North American
Junior and Young Rider Dressage Championships, the Fiona Baan “Pursuit of
Excellence” Memorial Trophy, or the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame visit
the USDF website at www.usdf.org.
Founded in 1973, the United States Dressage Federation is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to education, recognition of achievement, and promotion of dressage. For more information about USDF membership or programs, visit www.usdf.org, email usdressage@usdf.org, or call (859) 971-2277.