Wellington, Fla.- The Stillpoint Farm Nations Cup CDIO3* officially got underway on Tuesday afternoon with the Horse Inspection at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, with all eight U.S. combinations being accepted. Competition begins Wednesday afternoon with Small Tour competitors performing the FEI Prix St. Georges Test and then Big Tour combinations will head down centerline in the Stadium in the evening session to perform the FEI Grand Prix Test.

Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover will lead the USA I Team composed of Big Tour competitors Allison Brock and Laura Graves, and Small Tour competitors Kim Herslow and Olivia Lagoy-Weltz. Brock and Claudine and Fritz Kundrun’s Rosevelt will go down centerline at 5:49pm ET followed by Graves and her own Verdades at 6:34pm ET. In the afternoon session Lagoy-Weltz and her own Rassing’s Lonoir will lead off at 2:53pm ET with Herslow and Kiroli Enterprises LLC’s Rosmarin competing at 4:28pm ET.

Debbie McDonald will serve as the Chef d’Equipe for USA II Team which is made of Catherine Haddad-Staller who is competing in the Big Tour with Rowan O’Riley’s Mane Stream Hotmail and performs the Grand Prix Test at 5:58pm ET, and Small Tour competitors Chris Hickey and Kasey Perry. Hickey and Cecelia Stewart’s Ronaldo head down centerline at 3:09pm ET and Perry riding Diane Perry’s Goerklingtgaards Dublet are set to go at 4:52pm ET.

Shelly Francis and Patricia Stempel’s Danilo were also slated to contest the Big Tour for USA Team II but chose to withdraw following the Horse Inspection as it was decided it was not in the best interest of the combination to compete this week.