USEF Picks Pan Am Jumpers

By September 13, 2011
McLain Ward rides the great grey horse Antares F

McLain Ward and Antares F at the HITS Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix (Photo by Paula Parisi)

Beezie Madden, McLain Ward, Christine McCrea and Laura Kraut are the four riders that have made the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2011 Pan American Games. The United States Equestrian Federation has recommended to the United States Olympic Committee the athletes in combination with the following horses for theĀ  Oct. 14-30 games, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Here, in ranked order, are the competitors the USOC entered on Sept. 12 :

1. Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) will ride Coral Reef Ranch’s Coral Reef Via Volo
2. McLain Ward (Brewster, NY) will ride Grant Road Partners LLC’s Antares F
3. Christine McCrea (East Windsor, CT) will ride Candy Tribble and Windsor Show Stables’ Romantovich Take One
4. Laura Kraut (Wellington, FL) will ride Happy Hill Farm’s Cedric
5. Lauren Hough (Wellington, FL) will be the travelling reserve with Laura and Meredith Mateo’s Quick Study

The following four athlete/horse combinations have been named as ranked substitutes, submitted as part of the Nominated Entry:
1. Margie Engle (Wellington, FL) with Garber, Griese, Hidden Creek Farm and Gladewinds Farm’s Indigo
2. Kent Farrington (Chicago, IL) with RCG Farm’s Uceko
3. Mario Deslauriers (New York, NY) with Jane F. Clark’s Urico
4. Kirsten Coe (Johnston, SC) with Ilan Ferder’s Tristan
5. Kate Levy (Wellington, FL) with Kate Levy LLC’s Vent du Nord

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