| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26,
2006 USEF
Show Jumping Short List for 2006 World Equestrian Games and Samsung Super League
Tours Announced Today Lexington, KY – Following the completion
of the USEF Selection Trials on Saturday, the United States Equestrian Federation
today announced the ten horse and rider combinations on the short list for the
U.S show jumping team to compete at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany
this August. According to the selection procedures, the top six finishers from
the Selection Trials are placed on the short list along with four subjective horse
and rider combinations recommended by the USEF Selectors to the Show Jumping High
Performance Committee and then approved by the Ad Hoc Committee on Selections. The
combinations on the short list will also comprise the teams for the A and B tours
for the Samsung Super League competitions in Europe beginning in May. The ten
short listed combinations are as follows: 1. Margie Engle/Wellington,
FL/Quervo Gold/G/13/Belgian Warmblood/Wyndhurst Stables, Inc.
2. Margie
Engle/Wellington, FL/Hidden Creek’s Wapino/Westphalian/G/11/Hidden Creek
Farm
3. Laura Kraut/Oconomowoc, WI/Miss Independent/M/9/Dutch Warmblood/Miss
Independent Group
4. Lauren Hough/Wellington, FL/Casadora/M/10/Dutch
Warmblood/Laura Mateo
5. Candice King/Wellington, FL/Tarco/G/10/Belgian
Warmblood/Joan Kalman
6. Christine McCrea/East Windsor, CT/Promised
Land/G/12/Holsteiner/Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables, Inc.
7. McLain
Ward/Brewster, NY/Sapphire/M/11/Belgian Warmblood/Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Harrison’s
Double H Farm.
8. Beezie Madden/Cazenovia, NY/Authentic/G/11/Dutch
Warmblood/Abigail Wexner
9. Molly Ashe/Wellington, FL/Neuville/G/11/Warmblood/Jane
Clark
10. Jeffrey Welles/Ridgefield, CT/G/11/Selle Francais-DutchWarmblood/Kimmel
Yeager Equine LLC and Triton Ventures Farm, Inc. The ten short listed riders
have been placed on the A tour and B tour for the Samsung Super League Competition
in Europe as follows: Group
A: Beezie Madden and Authentic McLain Ward
and Sapphire Margie Engle and Hidden Creek’s Wapino Laura
Kraut and Miss Independent Jeffrey Welles and Armani
Group
B Margie Engle and Quervo Gold Lauren Hough
and Casadora Molly Ashe and Neuville Christine McCrea and
Promised Land Candice King and Tarco Group A will compete
at CSIO La Baule, May 4-7, 2006 and CSIO Aachen, May 17-21, 2006.
Group
B will compete at CSIO Rome, May 25-28, 2006, CSIO Lucerne, June 1-4, 2006,
and CSIO Rotterdam, June 22-25, 2006. The following combinations have also
been approved as substitutions to the short list and have been ranked as follows: 1.
Nona Garson/Lebanon, NJ/Languster/S/10/Danish Warmblood/Ryan Automotive 2.
Schuyler Riley/Wellington, FL/Ilian/G/16/Dutch Warmblood/South Beach Stables 3.
Beezie Madden/Cazenovia, NY/ DeSilvio /G/11/Dutch Warmblood/Abigail Wexner 4.
Robin Sweely/Madison, VA/Qarco V’T Merelsnest/G/13/Belgian Warmblood/Acorn
Hill Farm 5. Kim Prince/Hume, VA/Couletto K James/G/10/Hanoverian/Overlook
Farm 6. Anne Kursinski/Wellington, FL/Roxana 112/M/12/Hessen/Scott
Hakim 7. Laura Kraut/Oconomowoc, WI/Anthem/G/15/Dutch Warmblood/Summit
Syndicate 8. Georgina Bloomberg/North Salem, NY/Cim Christo/G/11/Holsteiner/Gotham
Enterprises. ENDS For further information,
please contact Jeannie Putney, National Marketing Manager, at jputney@usef.org
or (859) 225-6974. USEF press releases are available on our web site – www.usef.org.
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