Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian has announced the nomination of the following athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Eventing Team, as well as the Reserves for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Three direct reserve horses have also been named. A direct reserve horse would be an automatic replacement should the original horse on which an athlete was named need to be substituted.

Upon the review of submitted applications, the following athlete-and-horse combinations have been selected for the U.S. Eventing Team (in alphabetical order):

Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) with Tsetserleg, Christine Turner’s 12-year-old Trakehner gelding

Direct Reserve

On Cue, Turner’s 13-year-old English Sport Horse mare

Doug Payne (Aiken, S.C.) with Starr Witness,  an eight-year-old KWPN mare owned by Payne, Laurie McRee, and Catherine Winter

Direct Reserve

Vandiver, a 15-year-old Trakehner gelding owned by Debi Crowley, Jessica Payne, and Doug Payne

Tamie Smith (Murrieta, Calif.) with Fleeceworks Royal, Judith McSwain’s 10-year-old Holsteiner mare

Direct Reserve

Mai Baum, a 13-year-old German Sport Horse gelding owned by Alexandra Ahearn, Ellen Ahearn, and Eric Markell

Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) with RF Cool Play, The Donner Syndicate LLC’s 11-year-old German Sport Horse gelding

Watch the team announcment video.

The following athlete-and-horse combination has been named as the Traveling Reserve to the U.S. Eventing Team:

Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp (Ocala, Fla.) with Cooley Quicksilver, The Monster Partnership’s eight-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named as Reserves to the U.S. Eventing Team (in alphabetical order):

Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) with Sea of Clouds, Sea of Clouds Partnership’s eight-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

Sydney Elliott (Bossier City, La.) with QC Diamantaire, Carol Stephens’s nine-year-old Oldenburg gelding

Will Faudree (Southern Pines, N.C.) with Pfun, Jennifer Mosing and Sterling Silver Stables’ 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding         

Lauren Kieffer (The Plains, Va.) with Vermiculus, Jacqueline Mars’s 12-year-old Anglo-Arabian gelding

The 2019 U.S. Pan American Eventing Team is subject to approval by the United States Olympic Committee.

In preparation for the Pan American Games, members of the U.S. Eventing Team will compete at the Maryland International CCI3*-S, July 5-7, as well as The Barbury International Horse Trials CCI3*-S, July 4-7. The Pan American Games eventing competition will take place August 1-4 at the Equestrian Club Militar La Molina. The 18th edition of the Pan American Games will gather around 6,700 athletes, who will participate in 39 sports and 61 disciplines, of which 22 disciplines are qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The U.S. Eventing Team must secure a team gold or silver medal-finish at the Pan American Games to earn qualification for Tokyo.

View more information about the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

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