Lexington, KY – Today the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) recognized the male and female athletes as well as team of the month for their accomplishments during the month of September. The U.S. reining team came in second place with 22 votes based on their Gold medal-winning performance at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany.

The press release, issued earlier today, reads: “Equestrian’s U.S. reining team took home second place honors for the team award. The U.S. reining team won a second straight team gold at the 2006 World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, Germany on Sept. 1. In addition, the four members finished in second, third, fourth and fifth place in the individual competition which showcased the top 20 finishers. The competition started with 68 reiners from 22 countries. The team also won gold at the 2002 WEG, reining's inaugural performance at a WEG. The team consisted of two well-known experts, all-time national reining horse association’s (NRHA) top money earner Tim McQuay and NRHA President Dell Hendricks, as well as two young newcomers, Aaron Ralston and Matt Mills. Mills was one of the competition’s youngest members while Aaron’s horse was one of the competitions oldest. None of this year's four members were also on the 2002 Gold medal-winning team.”

The winning team for September, with 44 votes, was the USA Baseball Olympic Qualifying Team for the second month in a row.
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