Chester Weber’s record-setting victory as the new Seven-Time United States National Four-In-Hand Combined Driving Champion may still be fresh in everyone’s mind, but that isn’t keeping Weber from turning his attention toward his next goal -- the 2010 World Equestrian Games. A veteran of two prestigious World Equestrian Games, Weber’s goal is to drive his team at the 2010 WEG at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.
Weber isn’t the only one who has high hopes for Team Weber – the USEF Selectors Committee has ranked Chester as Number One on the WEG Four-In-Hand list. “I feel honored to be at the top of the ranking list today going into a winter break for the horses. I interpret the pole position as us being on the right track with regards to the selectors opinion,” Weber said.
Despite his ranking, Weber isn’t resting on his laurels and already has training plans set in motion. “This winter we will continue to work on the basic fundamentals of all of our weaknesses in an effort to become stronger for the New Year and the upcoming 2010 WEG season,” Weber said. “Our goals are to try to win two medals at WEG and in order to realize those goals we will have to continue to step our game up. We have added two new horses in the stable, two new staff members and several sponsoring partners that all show encouraging potential to make us stronger as a team than we have ever been.”
Ed Young, the Chef d’Equipe of the United States Driving Team, is quick to praise Weber for focusing on his weaknesses, working hard on improving them as well as looking toward the future. “Chester’s ability to set goals and focus on those goals, without being distracted, is an incredible asset to a high performance athlete,” Young said, adding that he expects the United States Four-In-Hand drivers to be on top at WEG and that he believes Weber will play an important part in the goal.
While Team Weber represented the U.S. at WEG in 2002 in Spain and in 2006 in Germany, Weber said he looks forward to the feeling of representing his country at home
in the United States. “Competing at WEG would be a very special event for me should we be selected due the hometown feeling. I enjoy competing abroad, however I am sure that there is something patriotic and special about competing for the U.S. team on our own soil,” Weber said.
WEG 2010 will take place September 25 – October 10 in Kentucky and will mark an historic event as it will be the first time WEG has been held in the United States. For more information on WEG visit their website at www.alltechfeigames.com.
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