With only two more qualifiers to be held in order to determine who will participate in the much anticipated FEI World Reining Masters Finals presented by NetJets hosted in conjunction with the 2004 NRHA Futurity & Championship Show in Oklahoma, it is official:  Franck Perret will represent France.

 

Eager to be a part of the ‘history in the making,’ the French rider will be adding yet another important achievement to his show record.  Franck started riding at the age of 14 and has been a reining and western equitation trainer and instructor in France since the early 1990s.  The three-time French Open Reining Year End Champion is an active rider on both the European and the international scene.  He represented France in the reining demonstration held during the 1998 World Equestrian Games in Rome, has been a member of Team France in the European held CRI and CRIO and, on an individual basis, showed for his country at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain.

 

The young trainer will be joining finalists from around the world in the FEI World Reining Masters Finals, which will be held on Thursday, December 2 at 7.30 p.m., at Oklahoma State Fair Park Arena.

 

This is the inaugural year for the FEI World Reining Masters Series.  The presenting sponsor behind this remarkable Reining project is NetJets, the world’s leading provider of fractional aircraft ownership.  NetJets fractional aircraft ownership allows individuals and companies to buy part of a private jet at a fraction of the cost of whole aircraft ownership, and guarantees availability seven days a week, 365 days a year.  In 2003, the NetJets Europe Fleet and the NetJets US Fleet together flew more than 250,000 flights to more than 145 countries.  The Classic S Ranch, NRHA, AQHA and the Reining Horse Sports Foundation have also joined forces to make the FEI World Reining Masters Finals a premier event.

 

NRHA is proud to host the first-ever $100,000 FEI World Reining Masters Finals presented by NetJets, which will be held in conjunction with the NRHA Futurity & World Championship Show, November 25 - December 4, 2004.  The world’s best reiners will meet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to represent their countries in this historic and much anticipated International event.