Lexington, Ky. – A talented group will represent the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at CSIO5* Gijón, held in Gijón, Spain. The team consisting of Candice King, Audrey Coulter, Ali Wolff, and Hardin Towell has drawn first in the order of 10 teams to contest the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup on Saturday.

As members of the winning U.S. teams at CSIO4* Wellington and CSIO4* Coapexpan, King (Wellington, Fla.) and Kismet 50, Bellissimo LLC’s 2001 Belgian Warmblood mare, will bring experience to the lead-off position at CSIO5* Gijón. Most recently, King has been collecting top placings during the Tryon Summer Series, including fourth-place finishes in the $127,000 Adequan Grand Prix CSI3* and the $210,000 Asheville Regional Airport Grand Prix CSI4*.

Coulter (San Francisco, Calif.), the youngest member of the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team, is a rising star on the international scene after having successful results as a Junior and Young Rider. She has spent the summer in Europe amassing solid results, including a second-place finish in the Prix Eurotierce at CSI4* Mons Ghlin and a third-place finish in the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix of Bratislava CSIO3*-W. Coulter and Capital Colnardo, a 2005 Holsteiner stallion owned by Copernicus Stables, LLC, were also members of the Nations Cup team at CSIO3*-W Bratislava and will partner once again at CSIO5* Gijón.

Wolff (New Albany, Ohio) has had a fantastic 2015 season. Earlier this year, she rode Casall to the only double-clear round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at CSIO4* Coapexpan, helping clinch the win for the U.S. team. Earlier this month, Wolff earned a second-place finish in the Prix Contact Son et Lumiere Grand Prix at CSI3* Saint-Lô. She brings Blacklick Bend Farm’s Casall, a 2005 Holsteiner gelding, to Gijón.

The U.S. Team’s anchor rider, Towell (Camden, S.C.), has also had a successful season highlighted by a win in the $84,500 Artisan Farms Prix 1.50m CSI5* at the Global Champions Tour stop in Miami Beach. Most recently, he was second in the Longines Trophy class with Emilie de Diamant A S at CSI4* La Coruña.  Towell will again ride Jennifer Gates, LLC’s 2004 Belgian Warmblood mare as he makes his Nations Cup debut at CSIO5* Gijón.

The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup will begin on Saturday, August 29, at 1:45 p.m. CEST, while the Grand Prix will take place Monday, August 31, at 4:30 p.m. CEST.

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