USEF Names Horse And Rider Combinations To Show Jumping Long List For WEG

by: Press Release
2010-03-10

Following the completion of the U.S. Equestrian Federation Selection Trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team, the USEF's Ad Hoc Committee on Selection approved the following 15 horse-and-rider combinations to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky.

 

The selection procedures stipulated that the top nine horse-and-rider combinations be named according to their final overall placing in the Selection Trials. The remaining six horse-and-rider combinations could be discretionary choices recommended by the selectors. In this case, the selectors made three discretionary choices: McLain Ward on Sapphire, Laura Kraut on Cedric, and Lauren Hough on Quick Study. The remaining riders were chosen based on their ranking at the conclusion of the trials.

 

Ranking of Top 15 horse/rider combinations:

 

1. McLain Ward/Sapphire (Brewster, N.Y.)

2. Laura Kraut/Cedric (Wellington, Fla.)

3. Lauren Hough/Quick Study (Wellington, Fla.)

4. Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/Tristan (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)

5. Richard Spooner/Cristallo (Agua Dulce, Calif.)

6T. Mario Deslauriers/Urico (New York, N.Y.)

6T. Beezie Madden/Danny Boy (Cazenovia, N.Y.)

8. McLain Ward/Rothchild (Brewster, N.Y.)

9. Hillary Dobbs/Quincy B (Sussex, N.J.)

10. Beezie Madden/Mademoiselle (Cazenovia, N.Y.)

11. Candice King/Skara Glen's Davos (Wellington, Fla.)

12. Rich Fellers/Flexible (Wilsonville, Ore.)

13. Todd Minikus/Pavarotti (Loxahatchee, Fla.)

14. Cara Raether/Ublesco (North Palm Beach, Fla.)

15. Bob Kraut/Graf Lando (Oconomowoc, Wis.)

 

Alternates in order:

 

Ashlee Bond/Chivas Z (Hidden Hills, Calif.)

Georgina Bloomberg/Fiedi 3 (New York, N.Y.)

Jeffery Welles/Armani (Wellington, Fla.)

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/Kilkenny Rindo (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)

Charlie Jayne/Athena (Elgin, Ill.)

 

The horse and rider combinations have been named to compete on the following Tours which consist of 2010 FEI Top League competitions:

 

Tour 1: CSIO***** La Baule, France (May 13-16); CSIO***** Rome, Italy (May 27-30); and CSIO***** St. Gallen, Switzerland (June 3-6)

McLain Ward/Sapphire

Richard Spooner/Cristallo

Mario Deslauriers/Urico

Hillary Dobbs/Quincy B

Beezie Madden/ Mademoiselle

 

Tour 2: CSIO***** Rotterdam, the Netherlands (June 16-20); and CSIO***** Aachen, Germany (July 13-18).

Laura Kraut/Cedric

Lauren Hough/Quick Study

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/Tristan

Candace King/Skara Glen's Davos

Beezie Madden/Danny Boy

 

Tour 3: CSIO***** Falsterbo, Sweden (July 8-11); CSIO***** Hickstead, Great Britain (July 22-25) and CSIO***** Dublin, Ireland (Aug. 4-8)

McLain Ward/Rothchild

Rich Fellers/Flexible

Todd Minikus/Pavarotti

Cara Raether/Ublesco

Bob Kraut/Graf Lando