Meet Margie Engle, Kent Farrington, and Robert Ridland at WIHS Autograph Signing!
October 25, 2019 - Washington, DC
Laura Kraut.
Photo by Elena Lusenti
Photo by Elena Lusenti
Photos by Elena Lusenti and Rebecca Walton
Equestrian sport fans are invited to meet Margie Engle, Kent Farrington, and Robert Ridland at the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) on Saturday, October 26, at 6:15 p.m. at a book signing for the U.S. Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation's new coffee table-style book "Riding for the Team"!
The 302-page hardback volume book contains memories, images, and stories from 47 top riders and drivers in all eight international equestrian disciplines who competed and won medals for the U.S. over the last 30 years, including Engle, Farrington, and Ridland, as well as others like McLain Ward, Beezie Madden, and Laura Kraut.
Copies of “Riding for the Team” will be available for purchase at WIHS at the U.S. Equestrian booth on the concourse of Capital One Arena and will be sold in line during the autograph signing, to be held by section 115 of the main concourse. The first 25 attendees to purchase a book will receive a special copy pre-autographed by Laura Kraut!
Proceeds benefit the USET Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that helps provide funding for the High Performance competition, training, coaching, travel, and educational needs of America’s elite and developing athletes and horses in partnership with the national federation, US Equestrian.
For more information on the USET Foundation, please visit www.uset.org.
About the USET Foundation
The mission of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation is to provide the necessary resources to make equestrian competitive excellence possible, now and in the future. The Foundation supports the competition, training, coaching, travel and educational needs of America’s Elite and developing International High Performance athletes and horses in partnership with the United States Equestrian Federation. The USET Foundation is funded through tax-deductible contributions and does not receive any direct or indirect government subsidy.
High Performance programs are developed in the eight international equestrian disciplines of dressage, eventing, jumping, driving, endurance, reining, para equestrian and vaulting. These programs train and support top athletes and horses to compete at the Olympics, World Championships, Pan American Games, and other top international competitions. The High Performance programs provide support for our world-class coaches, international competition and training grants, national training sessions, and talent search programs to identify future elite equestrian athletes. In addition, dressage athletes with disabilities participate in Paralympic and World Championship competition.
