Bonnies Share USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award

Source :  USA Equestrian Inc.

Edward and Nina Bonnie of Louisville, KY, have been named as the winners of
the 2002 First USA Bank/USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award for the
Jimmy A. Williams Trophy.

This prestigious award is bestowed annually by
the USA Equestrian Executive Committee to an outstanding equestrian or
equestrians whose "lifetime experience and accomplishments exemplify
uncommon devotion to the sport of horse showing and whose equestrian career
and horsemanship has continually elevated the sport's excellence."


Nina has played a vital role with the Kentucky Horse Park and is currently
chairperson of the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation. She competed
successfully in the hunter division for many years, served as the Chairman
of the Hunter Committee and was a member of the Board of Directors of USA
Equestrian. She is a second-generation winner of the award. Her mother,
Theodora (A.C.) Randolph, won the award in 1995. "Ned" is an attorney
specializing in equine matters and has been on the Board of Directors of USA
Equestrian and several other equine trade associations. The Bonnies own,
train and ride hunters, jumpers and steeplechasers.


The Bonnies add their names to a distinguished list of equestrians who have
made indelible marks on the world of horse sports, including recent
recipients of the sterling silver hat by Tiffany's, Frank D. Chapot, John H.
Fritz, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and another
husband-and-wife team, Kenneth and Sallie Wheeler.


The award will be formally presented during the USA Equestrian Annual
Meeting, Jan. 17, in Lexington, KY, at the Pegasus Dinner. For ticket
information contact Deborah Martin at 859-225-6961 or via email at
dmartin@equestrian.org.