completely or in part owned, leased, or of any partnership, corporation or stable of his, or shown in his name or for his reputation, (whether such interest was held at the time of the alleged violation or acquired thereafter), shall also be suspended pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1c for the same time period. The Hearing Committee further directed that GREG SCOTT be fined $2,000 pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1j. This is official notice of actions taken by the United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. Hearing Committee on April 20, 2017. BRADLEY PETTITT of Ravenna, OH, violated Chapter 7, GR702.1d of this Federation, in connection with the U.S. National Arabian & Half-Arabian National Championship Horse Show held October 21-29, 2016, in that he acted in an unsportsmanlike manner when he failed to follow the directive of the Steward to exit the arena while it was closed for cleaning and when Mr. Pettitt did finally exit the arena he caused the horse he was driving to collide with an unoccupied truck, causing damage to the truck. BeforeVA.0717.USEFPAK.pdf reaching its deci-1 sion, the Hearing Committee
considered the evidence and live testimony presented at the hearing. The Hearing Committee was not convinced that Mr. Pettitt knowingly and intentionally drove his horse into the maintenance truck. Rather the evidence appeared to show that the horse was to some degree out of control and resisting the left hand turn to the gate and the truck was otherwise squarely in its path. The Hearing Committee unanimously found that Mr. Pettitt violated GR702.1d by failing to leave the ring when requested by the Steward. Accordingly, the Hearing Committee determined that the following penalty is appropriate. For this violation of the rules, the Hearing Committee members present directed that BRADLEY PETTITT be censured pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1a and was also fined $2,000 pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1j. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES This is official notice of the imposition of Administrative Penalties pursuant to Chapter 4, GR412 and/or Chapter 6, GR616 offered by the Federation and accepted by the following parties, and approved by the Hearing Committee in lieu of hearings.
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ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION of Aurora, CO, violated Chapter 10, GR1004.1 of this Federation, in connection with the U.S. National Arabian & Half-Arabian National Championship held on October 21-29, 2016, in that as Competition Management, they allowed Joel Brainard to officiate as the Reining Judge without a license or a Guest Judge Card. For this violation, it was determined that ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION be censured pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1a and fined $1,000 pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1j. DEBORAH BIANCO of Far Hills, NJ, violated HU103.6 of this Federation, in connection with the ESP Holiday Circuit Finale Horse Show held January 4-8, 2017; the WEF 3 Horse Show held January 25-29, 2017; the WEF 4 Horse Show held February 1-5, 2017; the WEF 6 Horse Show held February 15-19, 2017; the WEF 9 Horse Show held March 8-12, 2017; the WEF 10 Horse Show held March 15-19, 2017; the WEF 11 Horse Show held March 22-26, 2017; the WEF 12 Horse Show held March 29-April 2, 2017; and the Garden State Horse Show held May 3-7, 2017, in that her horse, CROMWELL, competed in the Green Hunter Section. However, according to Federation records,
CROMWELL competed over fences of 3’ or higher in Hunter or Hunter/Jumper Seat Equitation classes at USEF Licensed Competitions during the 2015 and 2016 competition years, thus the horse was not eligible for the Green Hunter Division in 2017. For this violation, it was determined that DEBORAH BIANCO be censured pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1a, and must return for redistribution all trophies, prizes, ribbons, and monies, if any, won by CROMWELL, in the Green Hunter Sections, at the above named competitions and must pay a $300 fee to each competition in connection with this penalty pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7, GR703.1g. COURTNEY BOYD of Wellington, FL, violated Chapter 4, GR410 of this Federation, in connection with the WEF 12 Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC Horse Show held on March 29-April 2, 2017, in that she, as trainer, exhibited the horse, CASTINO 6, after it had been administered and/or contained in its body dexamethasone in a plasma concentration exceeding the maximum permitted level. For this violation it was determined that COURTNEY BOYD be censured pursuant to Chapter 7, GR703.1a and fined $750 pursuant
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