Several of these combinations have or will be spending time in Wellington, FL, honing their dressage and jumping skills with some of the best trainers in those disciplines. They are preparing for the spring season and ultimately vying for selection for the 2012 Olympic Games.
The following riders received grants (in alphabetical order):
Name (hometown) and Owner, Horse
Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains, VA) and Jacqueline Mars’ Harbour Pilot
Jan Byyny (Purceville, VA) and her own and Richard and Jo Byyny’s Inmidair
Will Coleman (Charlottesville, VA) and Jim Wildasin’s Twizzel
Tiana Coudray (Ojai, CA) and Jaital Inc.’s Ringwood Magister
Buck Davidson (Ocala, FL) and Sharon Will’s Absolute Liberty, Carl and Cassandra Segal’s BallyNoe Castle RM and Sherrie Martin’s The Apprentice
Phillip Dutton (West Grove, PA) and Team Rebecca LLC’s Ben, Bruce Duchossios’ Mighty Nice, Nina and Tim Gardner’s William Penn
Will Faudree (Hoffman, NC) and Jennifer Mosing’s Pawlow
Sinead Halpin (Oldwick, NJ) and Carriag, LLC’s Manior De Carneville
Becky Holder (Palmetto, GA) and Melissa and Phil Town and Tom Holder’s Can’t Fire Me
Shannon Lilley (Gilroy, CA) and The Lilley Group’s Ballingowan Pizazz
Marilyn Little-Meredith (Frederick, MD) and Raylyn Farm’s RF Rovano Rex
Boyd Martin (Cochranville, PA) and The Neville Bardos Syndicate’s Neville Bardos, The Otis Barbotiere Syndocate’s Otis Barbotiere and his own and Faye Woolfe’s Ying Yang Yo
Clark Montgomery (Fairburn, GA) and Holly Becker, Kathryn Kraft and Jessica Montgomery’s Loughan Glen
Karen O’Connor (The Plains, VA) and the Mr Medicott Syndicate’s Mr Medicott
Julian Stiller (Thatcham, Berkshire) and her own and Jules Delvecchio’s Chapel Amble
Jolie Wentworth (Martinez, CA) and Tracy Bowman’s Good Knight
The list of training sessions and Selection Trials is available here: http://www.usefnetwork.com/news/8002/2012/1/23/2012_land_rover_us_eventing_team.aspx.
Please contact Sara Ike at sara.ike@usef.org for more information.