WEG Endurance Short List Released
by Genie Stewart-Spears
August 31, 2010
Twelve U.S. rider/horse combinations have been named for the last phase of the selection process. Only five rider/horse competitors will be chosen to compete in the World Endurance Championship to be held September 26 in Lexington, Kentucky, in conjunction with the World Equestrian Games (WEG).The short list selection was made following three selection trials and one observation trial this summer. Becky Hart, chef d’équipe, said the selection was made on “what horses and riders can win medals for the U.S. based on speed, fitness, soundness, recoveries, ability of riders to work in a group. We looked at adaptability of riders and crews, how crews worked and cooperated together. Team mentality was high on the list for riders and crews.”
On September 1, the following riders and their horses will advance to the final phase of training at Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, Kentucky. On September 20, the final five-rider/horse combinations will be announced. The squad will then move to the ride venue at the Kentucky Horse Park on September 24 for the competition on the 26th.
- Melody Blittersdorf, 50, Jeffersonville, Vermont, Synthetic (*Statistic x BHR Tamersyn) 10-year-old Arabian gelding owned by rider.
- Lindsay Graham, 28, Napa, California, Monk (CMK breeding), eight-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by Christopher Martin.
- Ellen Rapp, 28, La Motte, Iowa, Berjo Smoky (Spruce Sarzadac x Berjo Monique), 15-year-old Arabian gelding, and SA Belshazzar (Bayram x Jayel Tongafarah), 13-year-old Shagya Arabian gelding, both owned by Jeremy Olson.
- Deborah Reich, 50, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, Juniper RJW (Deste Onismus x Deste Toouche), eight-year-old Arabian mare owned by Rolling Stone Farm LLC.
- Heather Reynolds, 33, Los Gatos, California, Ssamiam (Sam Tiki x Tiki Samantha), nine-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by rider and Jeremy Reynolds.
- Jeremy Reynolds, 30, Los Gatos, California, Sir Smith (*Virgule Al Maury x Amenn), 11-year-old Arabian gelding, owned by rider and Heather Reynolds.
- Michele Roush, 43, North San Juan, California, Ivanhoes Debutante (Canadian Ivanhoe x Janes Gal), 11-year-old Anglo-Arabian mare, owned by Spy Coast Farm, LLC.
- Margaret Sleeper, 42, Frenchtown, New Jersey, Syrocco Harmony (Syrocco Troubador x Edgewood Schelite), eight-year-old Arabian gelding, and Syrocco Reveille (Rimmon x Edgewood Schelite), 10-year-old Arabian, both owned by rider.
- Ceci Butler Stasiuk, 28, Humble, Texas, Cytron Kon JMF (R-Kon x Santana La Sabra), 15-year-old Arabian owned by Darolyn Butler.
- Janice Worthington, 70, Scales Mound, Illinois, Golden Lightning (*Wiking x Wisza), 10-year-old Arabian gelding owned by rider.
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