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Competitor

Phillip Dutton

Hometown: West Grove, Pa. Birthday: 9/13/1963 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing Olympic Years: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020

Phillip Dutton is a native of Australia who relocated to the U.S. in 1991 and became an American citizen in 2006. He is a six-time Olympian, winning team gold for his native Australia in 1996 and 2000 and individual bronze for the U.S. in 2016. He was a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Eventing Teams at the Pan American Games in 2007 and 2015 and won individual silver in 2007. With Connaught, he was the winner of the 2008 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.


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Marilyn Little

Hometown: Frederick, Md. Birthday: 12/1/1981 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing

Marilyn Little is the 2018 Land Rover/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Champion and a Toronto 2015 Pan American Games team and individual gold medalist. She is also the 2016 USEF CCI3* Eventing National Champion. Marilyn Little grew up riding on her family’s Raylyn Farms and began competing at the age of six. She found success in the hunter/jumper discipline, competing in her first grand prix at the age of 16. While Little still competes in the jumper ring, she took up eventing in 2010 and finished her first CCI4* event in 2012.


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Boyd Martin

Hometown: Cochranville, Pa. Birthday: 8/20/1979 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing Olympic Years: 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024

A native of Australia, Boyd Martin has competed for the U.S. since 2009. He is a three-time Olympian and has three Pan American Games gold medals to his name, including a team gold from 2015 with Pancho Villa and team and individual gold from 2019 with Tsetserleg TSF. Tsetserleg TSF was also his partner for the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championship, where they were part of the silver medal-winning team. Martin has won the USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Championship at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event twice, in 2019 with Tsetserleg TSF and in 2021 with On Cue. In 2021, he and On Cue won the inaugural Maryland 5 Star, becoming the first American combination to win a CCI5* event since 2008. Martin had a strong 2023 season at the CCI5*-L level with numerous horses, piloting his string around some of the world's most difficult tracks, only finishing outside of the top ten twice, including two top-ten finished with Fedarman B at Luhmuhlen CCI5*-L and Pau CCI5*-L. He also won the CCI4*-L at Morven Park with Commando 3 in the fall of 2023. The 2024 season saw another strong start for Martin and his string, with his two top mounts earning consistent results at the CCI4*-S level, with both Fedarman B and Commando 3 earning top-five finishes at the CCI4*-S at the Kentucky Three-Day Event. Martin was selected for his fourth consecutive Olympics, choosing to take Fedarman B with Commando 3 as a direct reserve for Paris 2024.


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Lauren Nicholson

Hometown: The Plains, Va. Birthday: 6/6/1987 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing Olympic Years: 2016

Lauren Nicholson is an Olympian who represented the U.S. Eventing Team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games riding Veronica. She had a successful young rider career, earning team medals in 2005 and 2007 with her Anglo-Arabian gelding, Snooze Alarm, and made her senior team debut at the 2015 Pan American Games where she rode Meadowbrook’s Scarlett as part of the gold medal-winning U.S. team. With Vermiculus, she was part of the silver medal-winning team at the FEI Eventing World Championship in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. The pair went on to win the USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Championship at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event.


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Lynn Symansky

Hometown: Middleburg, Va. Birthday: 3/19/1983 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing

Lynn Symansky was a Normandy 2014 Alltech WEG competitor and Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games team gold medalist.Lynn Symansky began riding at the age of three and competing at the age of five. She grew up as a member of the United States Pony Clubs and earned her A certification. Symansky was competing at the Advance level by the age of 18, and has continued at the top levels of eventing.