Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Schweiz St. Gallen in Switzerland on Friday June 4.

Mario Deslauriers on Jane Clark’s Urico

Beezie Madden on Abigail Wexner’s Mademoiselle

Richard Spooner on Show Jumping Syndications’ Cristallo

McLain Ward on Sagamore Farm’s Rothchild

These four riders will take on the nine other teams in the third Nations Cup of the first leg of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup under the guidance of US Chef d’Equipe George Morris. The US has drawn eight of 10 teams in the order.

The US currently sits in third place in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup standings with ten points following a sixth place finish in the second Nations Cup at CSIO Rome.

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Live webcast of the Nations Cup is available on FEI TV. Please click on www.feitv.org for more information.

For more information about the competition, results and rider bios, please on http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsDisciplines/discipline/competitions/MeydanNationsCup.aspx.

These are four of the 15 horse/rider combinations named to the USEF Show Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. That list is available here http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/newsdisplay/viewPR.aspx?id=5438&star=true.

The USEF wishes all of its long listed riders the best of luck on the summer European tour: http://clubequestrian.com/videos/watch/1688.aspx.