USEF names Pan Am Eventers

By September 1, 2011

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the Pan American Games. The Pan American Games will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 14-30, 2011. Held at the CCI2*, five horses will compete for both team and individual classification, with the best three scores to count for the team score.

The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team (in alphabetical order):

Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains, VA) and Jacqueline Mars’ Harbour Pilot (8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding)

Buck Davidson (Ocala, FL) and Sharon Will’s Absolute Liberty (8-year-old Thoroughbred x Oldenburg mare)

Jonathan Holling (Ocala, FL) and Constance Holling’s Downtown Harrison Downtown (7-year-old Trakehner x Thoroughbred gelding)

Shannon Lilley of Gilroy, California

Shannon Lilley (Gilroy, CA) and the Lilley Group’s Ballingowan Pizzaz (9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding)

Michael Pollard (Dalton, GA) and Nathalie Pollard’s Schoensgreen Hanni Schoensgreen (8-year-old German Sport Horse mare)

 

The following horse/rider combinations have been named as replacements (in alphabetical order):

Boyd Martin (Cochranville, PA) and Dana Diemer’s Cold Harbor (an 11-year-old Canadian Sport Horse)

Kristin Schmolze (Califon, NJ) and her own, Bill and Janet Schmolze’s Ballylaffin Bracken (11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding)

Tamra Smith (Murietta, CA) and Leigh Mesher’s Mar de Amor (11-year-old Selle Francais gelding)

Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, VA) and her own Donner (8-year-old Thoroughbred gelding)

Jolie Wentworth (Martinez, CA) and Tracey Bowman’s Good Knight (9-year-old Canadian Sport Horse)

The riders will have mandatory training at the Morven Park Horse Trials, Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Leesburg, VA. They will then go to training camp with Chef d’Equipe Capt. Mark Phillips beginning October 10 at Meredyth South in Ocala, FL. Training camp will last five days and then the horses will travel to Mexico.

 

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