Lexington, KY - Heidi White has withdrawn Northern Spy from the U.S. Olympic Team in eventing for veterinary reasons. Following the selection procedures, the USEF named replacement horse-and-rider combination Karen O’Connor/Mandiba to the U.S. Olympic Team in eventing.

This will be O’Connor’s fourth Olympic Games.

The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the 2008 US Olympic Team in Eventing:

Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner (in alphabetical order):

Phillip Dutton/44/West Grove, PA/Connaught/15/Irish Sport Horse/G/Bruce Duchossois

Becky Holder/39/Mendota Heights, MN/Courageous Comet/12/Thoroughbred/G/Becky and Thomas Holder, Jr.

Gina Miles/34/Creston, CA/McKinlaigh/14/Irish Sport Horse/Gina Miles, Laura Coats and Thomas Schulz

Karen O'Connor/50/The Plains, VA/Mandiba/9/Irish Thoroughbred/G/Joan Goswell

Amy Tryon/38/Duvall, WA/Poggio II/16/Thoroughbred/G/Amy and Greg Tryon and Mark Hart

Replacements in alphabetical order:

Bruce Davidson, Jr./32/ Ocala, FL/BallyNoe Castle RM/8/Irish Thoroughbred/G/Carl and Cassandra Segal

Phillip Dutton/44/West Grove, PA/Woodburn/13/Thoroughbred/G/Acorn Hill Farm

Bonnie Mosser/45/Gordonsville, VA/Merloch/11/New Zealand Thoroughbred Cross/G/Bonnie Mosser and Margaret Egan

The horses in the U.S. will ship to Hong Kong for the Olympic Games on July 30.

ENDS

Please see www.usef.org for complete selection procedures.

For information regarding selection, please contact Sara Ike, Managing Director of Eventing at [email protected].

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