For the second consecutive year and the third time in his career, Steffen Peters was the recipient of the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation's Equestrian Bowl for the National Dressage Championship. The USET Foundation presents the trophy annually to the winner of the National Grand Prix Championship. The Franklin Mint donated the elegant Equestrian Bowl to the USET in 1978. The first recipient was Edith Master.

Peters was presented with the trophy at the 2007 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions presented by Paul Miller Auto Group, which was held June 14-17 at USET Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, NJ.

At the Festival, Peters, 42, of San Diego, CA, riding Lombardi II (Locato x Baroness X), a 16-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Akiko Yamazaki, won the 2007 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship with an overall score of 72.084% after three rounds of competition.

"This is my third championship here. It's always very, very special," Peters said. "This arena has so much history. It's always a great accomplishment to win here, and certainly the girls [Courtney King and Kristina Harrison-Naness, second and third, respectively] gave me a good run for the money, especially today. For Lombardi, never really knowing that he would be a grand prix horse, I just am so excited about it and so is Akiko Yamazaki, the owner. It's just a really big thrill."

Peters earned the National Grand Prix Championship previously in 1995 with Udon, his mount for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and then won it again in 2006 with Floriano, his mount for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games and the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup&trad; Dressage Final.

Peters and Lombardi II are currently competing at the World Equestrian Festival CDIO*** in Aachen, Germany, July 3-8.

Previous Recipients of the Equestrian Bowl National Dressage Championship
Edith Master
Hilda Gurney
Gwen Stockebrand
Ellin Dixon
Kay Meredith
Robert Dover
Hilda Gurney
Hilda Gurney
Tom Valter
Dianna Rankin
1988 - Robert Dover
1989 - Robert Dover
1990 - Robert Dover
1991 - Carol Lavell
1992 - Carol Lavell
1993 - Michael Poulin
1994 - Robert Dover
1995 - Steffen Peters
1996 - Michelle Gibson
1997 - Shelly Francis
1998 - Guenter Seidel
1999 - Cherri Reiber
2000 - Sue Blinks
2001 - Debbie McDonald
2002 - Debbie McDonald
2003 - Leslie Morse
2004 - Robert Dover
2005 - George Williams
2006 - Steffen Peters