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Ottawa, Ontario--- The Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce that the Canadian Eventing Team for the 2006 World Equestrian Games (WEG), in Aachen, Germany has been named according to the selection criteria.

The named riders in alphabetical order are:

Rider: Kelli McMullen Temple - Age 46, currently resides in Round Hill, Virginia

Horse: Paris II – nine-year-old brown Selle Francais gelding, 16.2hh

Owners: Kelli McMullen Temple, Christine Stiller and Bob Stiller

(Kelli and Paris are pictured at the right at the Head of the Lake at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****.)

Rider: Ian Roberts – Age 48, currently resides in Port Perry, ON

Horse: Napalm - 10-year-old grey Irish Sport Horse gelding , 16.3hh

Owners: Ian Roberts, Kelly Plitz and Tracey Newman

(Ian and Napalm are pictured at the left below jumping into the Head of the Lake at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****.)

For complete rider biographies, please visit: http://www.equinecanada.ca/Sport/DISCIPLINES/eventing_bios.html. Both team members recently completed the prestigious CCI**** Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event in April 2006. (Ian finished 23rd on 88.8 with a double clear Cross Country run. Kelli finished 29th on 106.9.)

“We are very excited to be sending these two seasoned competitors on their young horses to the World’s after their performances at the Rolex this spring,” stated High Performance Committee Chair Grit High. “We have great faith that Kelli and Ian will represent Canada to the very best of their ability, as they have been working very hard all winter and throughout the spring under the expert guidance of David O’Connor.”

The Team members will compete at the Maui Jim Horse Trials, July 8-9 , in Illinois, USA before meeting for their final pre-WEG training in Virginia, USA under the leadership of David O’Connor, International Technical Advisor. Roberts and McMullen Temple will depart for Germany on August 10 with Chef d’Equipe, Greg Paull.

The 2006 World Equestrian Games will feature 800 competitors from seven different disciplines vying for success at one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. An anticipated 500,000 visitors are expected to attend the Games, which runs from August 20 to September 3. For more information, please visit the World Equestrian Games web site, www.aachen2006.de.

Provisional Schedule for the World Equestrian Games Eventing Competition:

Thursday, August 24 *09:00hrs –17:30hrs.......... Dressage – Team and Individual 1st part

Friday, August 25t 09:00hrs – 17:305hrs......... Dressage – Team and Individual 2nd part

Saturday, August 26 11:00hrs –16:40hrs............ Cross Country –Team and Individual

Sunday August 27 14:00 hrs – 17:00hrs ......... Show Jumping –Team and Individual

17:00hrs......... Medal Ceremony Team and Individual

**Please note - times given are local to Germany. For Canadian time zones: NDT is minus 4:30 hrs / ADT is minus 6hrs / EDT is minus 6hrs / CDT is minus 7 hrs / CST and MDT – minus 8 hours and PDT is minus 9 hours. For example, 12:00 p.m. in Germany is 07:30 hrs in St. John’s, NF,, 06:00 hrs in Ottawa, ON and 03:00 hrs in Vancouver, BC.

All phases of the competition will take place on the tournament grounds of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein.e.V in Aachen, Germany.

The Canadian Eventing Committee is grateful to Sport Canada, the Canadian Olympic Committee and all of its patrons, benefactors, and sponsors for their continued support of the Canadian Eventing Team in its quest for success at the 2006 World Equestrian Games.

Canadian Eventing is a committee of Equine Canada responsible for the sport of eventing in Canada from the grassroots to the international level. The Canadian Eventing Committee is comprised of 12 members, including two rider representatives elected by the Elite Riders Association. Directed by the Strategic Plan for Eventing, all Eventing activities are administered by this committee via six sub-committees with the support of an Eventing Manager based at the Equine Canada office in Ottawa. For more information about Canadian Eventing, visit www.equinecanada.ca – Sport –Eventing.