FOR RELEASE 3/16/99 USET Showjumping Computer Rankings The following is a ranking list of riders based on finishes in grandprix events of $25,000 or more. Rankings are weighted according to the quality of the starting field of competitors and they give more weight to more recent events. Money won is from ranked events during the current year. Last weeks rank is in parenthesis. An asterisk in front of a rider's name means that this rider is ineligible for USET team selection. Events which have been included since the last ranking released on 3/ 9/99 include: $25,000 WEF CHALLENGE CUP SERIES ROUND IV, Palm Beach FL $75,000 FLORIDA OPEN GRAND PRIX, West Palm Beach, FL $25,000 GULF COAST GRAND PRIX, Gulfport, MS $35,000 COSEQUIN GRAND PRIX, Ocala, FL $25,000 ARIAT GRAND PRIX, Indio, CA $50,000 FOOTINGS UNLIMITED GRAND PRIX, Indio, CA Points Money Won Rank Since Since Now(Prev) 4/ 5/98 Dec. 1, 1998 Rider Hometown 1. (1) 11894 $68,753.57 McLain Ward Brewster NY 2. (3) 9381 $46,978.57 Margie Engle West Palm Beach FL 3. (2) 8596 $27,978.57 Leslie Howard Westport CT 4. (4) 8552 $32,625.00 Alison G. Firestone Upperville VA 5. (5) 7495 $25,875.00 Nona Garson Lebanon NJ 6. (8) 6826 $32,428.57 Lynne Little Frederick MD 7. (6) 6645 $39,000.00 Peter Leone Greenwich CT 8. (7) 6349 $14,278.57 Eric Hasbrouck Bedford NY 9. (13) 5120 $11,250.00 Anne Kursinski Flemington NJ 10. (10) 4757 $52,133.33 Richard Spooner Glendale CA 11. (9) 4644 $20,000.00 Todd Minikus Lake Forest IL 12. (12) 4468 $6,800.00 Mark Leone Oakland NJ 13. (17) 4324 $29,250.00 *Ian Millar Perth ONT CAN 14. (14) 4304 $54,603.78 Rich Fellers Wilsonville OR 15. (18) 4202 $30,353.78 Hap Hansen Encinitas CA 16. (11) 4011 $9,878.57 Gabriella Salick Thousand Oaks CA 17. (23) 3936 $34,483.33 Nicole Shahinian-Simpson Westlake Village CA 18. (20) 3904 $13,500.00 Debbie Stephens Glenmoore PA 19. (15) 3791 $2,375.00 Beezie Madden Cazenovia NY 20. (16) 3394 $4,000.00 Chris Kappler Pittstown NJ 21. (21) 2993 $22,150.00 Aaron Vale Camden SC 22. (22) 2992 $3,375.00 Katie Prudent Middleburg VA 23. (28) 2991 $10,615.75 Elise K. Haas Sausalito CA 24. (35) 2972 $37,320.45 Megan Johnstone Orinda CA 25. (40) 2965 $14,895.45 Keri Potter San Diego CA 26. (19) 2843 $3,125.00 Peter Wylde Dover Plains NY 27. (25) 2840 $6,300.00 *Beth Underhill Schomberg CAN 28. (24) 2820 $3,125.00 Schuyler C. Riley Wellington FL 29. (37) 2819 $9,200.00 Donald Cheska Waukesha WI 30. (29) 2796 $1,625.00 *Eric Lamaze Schomberg CAN Leap of the Week - Lu Thomas climbing 27 places from 90 to 63