The USEF has named four athlete/horse combinations to the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team and one traveling reserve for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Four 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. Eventing competition at the Olympic Games will take place August 5-9, 2016, at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The following athlete/horse combinations will compose Team USA (in alphabetical order):
Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Caroline Moran, Simon Roosevelt, and Thomas Tierney’s Fernhill Cubalawn, a 2003 Holsteiner gelding.
Direct Reserves
HND Group’s Mighty Nice, a 2004 Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Ann Jones and Thomas Tierney’s Fernhill Fugitive, a 2005 Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Phillip Dutton and Irish Sport Horse Fernhill Fugitive.
Lauren Kieffer (Middleburg, Va.) and Team Rebecca, LLC’s Veronica, a 2002 KWPN mare.
Direct Reserve
Marie Le Menestrel’s Meadowbrook’s Scarlett, a 2007 Thoroughbred cross mare.
Lauren Kieffer and her exceptional mare Veronica.
Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pa.) and Blackfoot Mystery Syndicate, LLC’s Blackfoot Mystery, a 2004 Thoroughbred gelding.
Direct Reserve
Gloria Callen’s Welcome Shadow, a 2005 Thoroughbred cross mare.
Boyd Martin and Blackfoot Mystery
Clark Montgomery (Tetbury, England) and Holly and William Becker, Kathryn Kraft, and Jessica Montgomery’s Loughan Glen, a 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen ©Bea di Grazia
The following combination has been named as the traveling reserve:
Maya Black (Clinton, Wash.) and Dawn and Jonathan Dofelmier’s Doesn’t Play Fair, a 2005 Holsteiner gelding.
Maya Black and her little mare that could Doesn’t Play Fair.
The following athlete/horse combinations have been named as reserves (in alphabetical order):
Matthew Brown (Cochranville, Pa.) and Blossom Creek Foundation’s Super Socks BCF, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Matt Brown and Super Socks BCF.
Sinead Halpin (Oldwick, N.J.) and the Manoir de Carneville Syndicate, LLC’s Manoir de Carneville, a 2000 Selle Francais gelding.
Sinead Halpin with Manoir at Rolex Kentucky 2014.
Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) and the Donner Syndicate, LLC’s Donner, a 2003 Thoroughbred gelding.
Rolex mainstay Lynn Symansky giving Donner the “Don’t you dare…” look.
Elisa Wallace (Jasper, Ga.) and the Simply Priceless Syndication, LLC’s Simply Priceless, a 2001 Thoroughbred gelding.
Elisa Wallace and Simply Priceless.
Further information regarding the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team selection process can be found on USEF.org.