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USEF Announces Fall Eventing Competition Grant Recipients

Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the recipients of eventing competition grants for Aachen CICO3*, Burghley CCI4*, Blenheim CCI3*, and Boekelo CCIO3*. Grants are awarded based on the USEF grant application process.

The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded, through the USET Foundation, Karen E. Stives Endowment Fund for High Performance Eventing Competition Grants for the Aachen CICO3* to compete as individuals. Aachen CICO3* will take place August 12-14 in Aachen, Germany:

Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Thomas Tierney and Simon Roosevelt’s Fernhill Cubalawn, a 2003 Holsteiner gelding

Lauren Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Team Rebecca, LLC’s Veronica, a 2002 Dutch Warmblood mare. This grant includes below mentioned CCI3* Blenheim.

Should the U.S. receive a team invitation, the following athlete-and-horse combinations would join Dutton and Kieffer. Listed in ranked order (depending on the number of invitations):

Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) and The Donner Syndicate, LLC’s Donner, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Team Demeter, LLC’s RF Demeter, a 13-year-old Oldenburg mare

Colleen Rutledge (Frederick, Md.) and her own Covert Rights, a nine-year-old Thoroughbred Cross gelding

The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded the following competition grants for the Burghley CCI4*, taking place September 3-6 in Burghley, Great Britain:

Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) and The Donner Syndicate, LLC’s Donner, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding. Symansky has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.

Colleen Rutledge (Frederick, Md.) and her own Covert Rights, a nine-year-old Thoroughbred Cross gelding. Rutledge has been awarded a Jacqueline B. Mars Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.

The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded the following competition grants for the Blenheim CCI3*, taking place September 17-20 in Woodstock, Great Britain:

Lauren Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Team Rebecca, LLC’s Veronica, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare. This competition is included in the aforementioned Karen E. Stives Endowment Fund for High Performance Eventing Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.

Will Coleman and The Four Star Eventing Group’s OBOS O’Reilly, a 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding. Coleman has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.

Matt Brown and the Blossom Creek Foundation’s Super Socks BCF, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding. Brown has been awarded a Jacqueline B. Mars Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.

Elisa Wallace and David and Jill Hopcroft’s Simply Priceless, a 2001 Thoroughbred gelding. Wallace has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.

Emily Beshear and Deep Purple Eventing’s Shame On The Moon, a 2006 Trakehner/Thoroughbred mare. Beshear has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.*

*Pending number of invitations received from the Organizing Committee.

The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded Land Rover USEF Competition Grants for the Boekelo CCI3*, taking place October 8-11 in Boekelo, The Netherlands:

Buck Davidson (Ocala, Fla.) and Sherrie Martin and Carl Segal’s Copper Beach, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding

Matt Brown (Petaluma, Calif.) and the Blossom Creek Foundation’s BCF Belicoso, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding

Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Raylyn Farms, Inc.’s RF Quarterman, a 2008 Oldenburg gelding

From the USEF Communications Department

CLARIFICATION & CORRECTION: USEF Announces Land Rover Grants for Boekelo CCIO3*

Lexington, KY – David O’Connor will not be representing the U.S Eventing Team at the Boekelo CCIO3* as reported in the August 17, 2012 release from the USEF Communications Department. O’Connor continues to serve as the Technical Advisor for the Canadian Eventing Team through the November of 2012.  His presence at Boekelo is related specifically to individuals whom he coaches in his business. O’Connor’s role as Coach of the U.S. Eventing Team does not commence until the beginning of the 2013 competition year.

Follow the 2012 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team at http://usefnetwork.com/featured/2012Eventing/.

USEF Announces Land Rover Grants for Boekelo CCIO3*

Lexington, KY – The following horse-and-rider combinations have been awarded Land Rover Grants to compete on the U.S. Nations Cup team at the Boekelo CCIO3* in The Netherlands, October 11-14, 2012.

The United States will be represented by the following four riders (listed in Alphabetical Order):

Jennie Brannigan (West Grove, PA) on Nina Gardner’s Cambalda.
Cambalda is a 10-year-old Thoroughbred cross gelding.

Phillip Dutton (West Grove, PA) on Tom Tierney’s Atlas.
Atlas is an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding.

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