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
Rider/Hometown/Horse/Gender/Age/Breed/Owner

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. Jeffery 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
Jeffery 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.


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