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Kent Farrington and Blue Angel (Sportfot)
The Stars Team, composed of Reed Kessler, Kent Farrington, Charlie Jayne and Christine McCrea, has been chosen as the “point team” for the United States. Kessler (Lexington, KY) and Farrington (Wellington, FL) were teammates on the winning U.S. team in Wellington and look to secure their second Nations Cup victory of 2013. Kessler, who recently placed 10th in her first Rolex/FEI World Cup Final, will ride her second place finisher at the 2013 $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational presented by G&C Farm, Mika. Farrington brings Robin Parsky’s Blue Angel into Nations Cup competition; the pair won the 150,000 CSIO4* Grand Prix presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty in March as well as last week’s $33,000 ATB Financial Cup at Spruce Meadows.
Jayne (Elgin, IL) will ride Alex Jayne and Maura Thatcher’s Chill R Z on the Stars Team. The reserve combination for the U.S. Team at the 2012 Olympic Games recently traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden and earned a top 20 finish at the Rolex/FEI World Cup Final. McCrea (East Windsor, CT) brings her $25,000 Grand Prix of North Salem winner, Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables’ Zerly, to Spruce Meadows’ Nation Cup competition. The pair spent the winter jumping at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival where they won the $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup.
The U.S. will also be represented by a Stripes Team composed of Brianne Goutal, Katie Dinan, Candice King and McLain Ward. Goutal (New York, NY), who won many of the most prestigious equitation titles during her junior years, will ride Remarkable Farms LP’s talented Nice de Prissey in
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Kent Farrington and Blue Angel (Sportfot)
King (Wellington, FL) will represent the U.S. on the Stripes Team with Stateside Farm LLC’s Campbell VDL. The pair closed out the month of May with a fourth place effort in the $50,000 EMO Grand Prix presented by Zoetis. Rounding out the team is Ward (Brewster, NY) and his 2013 $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational presented by G&C Farm and Wells Fargo Grand Prix of Devon winner, Sagamore Farms’ Rothchild.
To learn more about the horse-and-rider combinations on both U.S. Teams click here.
The $100,000 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup gets underway at 12pm MT.
Live coverage of competition can be found on FEITV.org.
To learn more about the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ Tournament visit; http://www.sprucemeadows.com/tournaments/view_tournament.jsp?id=25
Follow the 2013 U.S. Jumping Team here.