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Madden Regains the Lead in $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge at 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival

	Wellington, FL – February 10, 2006 - Here are the latest standings for the $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival. Standings include Thursday’s $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup Series Round III. The next qualifying event is Sunday’s $60,000 Kilkenny/ICH Internationale Cup on February 12, 2006. FTI Consulting Inc. and Stadium Jumping, Inc. have collaborated for the $200,000 FTI Rider Challenge, a six week challenge for the top riders in the world. The FTI Rider Challenge is a rider bonus pool for $200,000 in which the riders receive points based on the number of riders in the seven Thursday and seven Sunday Grand Prix events that are all part of WEF in Wellington. During the Thursday Grand Prix events, riders must declare the horse with which they would like to be scored. During the Sunday Grand Prix events, the riders are only allowed to ride one horse, which will accumulate points based on their performance. First place in a grand prix will be awarded one additional point more than the number of riders in that particular competition. Second place will be awarded two points less than the number of riders, and third place will be awarded three points less than the number of riders. Each placing will subsequently be given a score based on this formula and the order in which they finish the competition. In the event of a tie for the final results, the rider that has won the most events will take the purse. The rider with the most points accumulated at the end of WEF in Wellington will be awarded $100,000. Second place will be given $50,000, third place will receive $30,000, and $20,000 will be given to fourth place.
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Place	Points	Rider	WC101	WC100	GC101	GC100	KI101
1	242	Beezie Madden	51	59	48	27	57
2	231	Mario Deslauriers	52	50	54	37	38
3	227	McLain Ward	45	56	38	42	46
4	218	Todd Minikus	53	54	24	40	47
5	199	Megan Lamaze	42	57	25	30	45
6	197	Margie Engle	41	29	37	39	51
7	165	Kari Potter Pessoa	56	35	45	29
8	158	Eric Lamaze	37		39	23	59
9	154	Schuyler Riley	39	45	34	122	24
10	148	Paige Johnson	54		30	1155	49