Gladstone, NJ - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has recommended the following athlete/horse combinations to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to represent the United States on the U.S. Show Jumping Team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The USOC will make the following entry of athlete/horse combinations today (they are named in ranked order):

Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) will ride Coral Reef Ranch's Coral Reef Via Volo
McLain Ward (Brewster, NY) will ride Grant Road Partners LLC's Antares F
Christine McCrea (East Windsor, CT) will ride Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables' Romantovich Take One
Laura Kraut (Wellington, FL) will ride Happy Hill Farm's Cedric
Lauren Hough (Wellington, FL) will be the travelling reserve with Laura and Meredith Mateo's Quick Study

The following four athlete/horse combinations have been named as ranked substitutes and will be submitted as part of the Nominated Entry:

Margie Engle (Wellington, FL) with Garber, Griese, Hidden Creek Farm and Gladewinds Farm's Indigo
Kent Farrington (Chicago, IL) with RCG Farm's Uceko
Mario Deslauriers (New York, NY) with Jane F. Clark's Urico
Kirsten Coe (Johnston, SC) with Ilan Ferder's Tristan
Kate Levy (Wellington, FL) with Kate Levy LLC's Vent du Nord

ENDS

The 2011 Pan American Games will take place October 14-30, 2011 in Guadalajara, more information about the Games is available here: http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/01_inicio/

Follow the US Riders on the USEF Network: http://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/2011PanAmGames/