Davis, Cook Make Cut for Nations Cup

By May 24, 2013

Karl Cook and Johkheer Z competing in the Thermal AIG $1 Million, in which they placed fourth. (Photo by Paula Parisi)

The USEF has named its teams and riders for the Nations Cup competition at the CSIO5*s at the Spruce Meadows Continental and in Rotterdam.

The United States Equestrian Federation was invited to send two teams to the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows, June 13-16, in Calgary, Canada. For the CSIO5* Rotterdam the U.S. will be represented by one team, June 18-23, 2013 in the Netherlands.

CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Continental

At the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Continental, a Stars Team and a Stripes Team will compete. A designated “point team” will be named at a later date. The point team will earn points towards the U.S. qualifying for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Season Series Final in Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 26-29, 2013.

Stars Team

The following combinations will represent the U.S. on the Stars Team at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Continental:
Reed Kessler (Lexington, KY) on her own Cylana, a 2002 Belgian Warmblood mare.
Kent Farrington (Wellington, FL) on Robin Parsky’s Blue Angel Blue Angel, a 2002 Anglo-European mare.
Charlie Jayne (Elgin, IL) on Alex Jayne and Maura Thatcher’s Chill R Z, a 2003 Zangerscheide stallion.
Christine McCrea (East Windsor, CT) on Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables’ Zerly, a 2004 KWPN mare.

First Alternate
Charlie Jacobs (Boston, MA) on CMJ Sporthorse LLC’s Flaming Star, a 1999 Irish gelding.

Stripes Team

The following combinations will represent the U.S. on the Stripes Team at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’:
McLain Ward (Brewster, NY) on Grant Road Partners LLC’s Super Trooper De Ness, a 2002 Belgian Warmblood stallion.
Katie Dinan (Wellington, FL) on Grant Road Partners LLC’s Nougat Du Vallet, a 2001 Selle Francais gelding.
Brianne Goutal (New York, NY) on Remarkable Farms LP’s Nice de Prissey, a 2001 Selle Francais stallion.
Rich Fellers (Sherwood, OR) on  Harry and Mollie Chapman’s Flexible, a 1996 Irish Sport Horse stallion.

First Alternate
Candice King (Wellington, FL) on Bellissimo LLC’s Kismet 50 or Stateside Farm LLC’s Campbell VDL.  Kismet 50 is  2001 Belgain Warmblood mare
Campbell VDL is a 2004 Holsteiner stallion

Team selection for the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Continental was based on athlete’s ranking on the May 3, 2013 Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List. Additionally, show jumping chef d’equipe Robert Ridland had the discretion to replace up to two athletes who would have otherwise been named to the team due to ranking on the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List.

CSIO5* Rotterdam

Four of the following combinations will represent the U.S. at the CSIO5* Rotterdam:
Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) will ride Abigail Wexner’s Cortes C, a 2002 Belgian Warmblood gelding.
Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, FL) on Cherry Knoll Farm, Inc.’s Cedric, a 1998 Holsteiner gelding.
Lauren Hough (Wellington, FL) on Laura and Meredith Mateo’s Quick Study, a 1999 Selle Francais gelding.
Karl Cook (Woodside, CA) will ride Signe Ostby’s Jonkheer Z, a 2002 Zangerscheide stallion.
Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, CA) will ride Old Oak Farm’s Barron, a 2004 Belgian Warmblood gelding.

Team selection for the CSIO5* Rotterdam was based on athlete’s ranking on the May 10, 2013 Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List. As with Spruce, chef Ridland had the discretion to replace up to two athletes who would have otherwise been named to the team due to ranking on the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List.

To learn more about the CSIO5* Spruce Meadow ‘Continental’ visit; http://www.sprucemeadows.com

To learn more about the CSIO5* Rotterdam visit; http://www.chio.nl/EN

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