The home team will show the way when first into the ring in the third leg of the 2007 Samsung Super League with FEI series, which takes place in St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Friday, June 1.

Swiss Chef d'Equipe Rolf Grass has chosen a strong squad that will be led by Christina Liebherr followed by the veteran Markus Fuch, Werner Muff and newly-crowned FEI World Cup champion Beat Mandli.

The draw is as follows:
1. Switzerland
2. USA
3. Germany
4. The Netherlands
5. Great Britain
6. France
7. Sweden
8. Belgium.

The team managers forecast that the home side should come out on top at this latest fixture in the 2007 series, which is proving quite a challenge for nations that excelled in previous seasons. The German team is also fancied to do well, but the teams under most pressure are the Americans who lie bottom of the league table, and the Dutch who are only two points ahead of them, while the Swedish team also needs to produce a good result this time around because they have only a half-point advantage over The Netherlands.

Questions about the absence of Steve Guerdat, whose form at the Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Las Vegas last month was hugely impressive, were answered by Swiss Chef d'Equipe Grass, who pointed out that it was not so much that Guerdat had been left out of the the team as that Muff has earned his place following some excellent results in Wiesbaden recently, indicating greater strength in depth in the Swiss pool of riders.

Kurt Hoffmann, Head of Marketing for Samsung Switzerland, said that "Samsung is very pleased to be associated with such a premium event. Samsung opened a branch in Zurich in 2006, and we are very happy to be here supporting the CSIO at St. Gallen, which has such a long and fine tradition within this great sport."

Samsung Super League with FEI Leaderboard After Round 2 in Rome
1. Germany - 14.75
2. Switzerland - 11.75
3. Great Britain - 10.50
4. Belgium - 9.75
5. France - 7.75
6. Sweden - 4.50
7. The Netherlands - 4.00
8. USA - 2.00
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