Lexington, KY - The following horse/rider combinations have been named to represent the US in the Nations Cup at CSIO Falsterbo in Sweden on Friday July 9:

Todd Minikus on Todd Minikus Ltd's Pavarotti

Cara Raether on Trelawny Farm's Ublesco

McLain Ward on Sagamore Farms' Rothchild

Rich Fellers on Harry and Mollie Chapman's Flexible

These four riders will take on the nine other teams in the fifth stop on the Meydan FEI Nations Cup Series under the guidance of US Chef d'Equipe George Morris. The US has drawn eighth of 10 teams in the order.

The US currently sits in third place in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup standings with 22 points following a their victory in the fourth Nations Cup at CSIO Rotterdam.

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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.