There are 101 different athletes (some nominated on more than one horse) from 21 different states nominated to represent the United States at the biggest equestrian event in US history. The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games is the first opportunity to see all eight disciplines: Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, Driving, Jumping, Para-Equestrian Dressage, Reining and Vaulting in one place at the same time when these games come to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY September 25 – October10, 2010.
With 36 days left until the Opening Ceremonies at the Games, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named all its horse/rider combinations, drivers and vaulters to the Short Lists/Nominated Entries for each of the eight disciplines. From these groups the Definite Entries will be named to represent the United States. It will be these riders who will take on the world on their home turf as the World Games leaves Europe for the very first time.
California has the largest delegation of potential athletes, with 35 – of which 25 are Vaulters. California has long been known as the hub of Vaulting, but is also home to riders representing Dressage, Endurance, Jumping, Para-Equestrian and Reining. Para-Equestrian has the most diverse entry list with riders hailing from 10 different states.
Equestrian is one of only two sports governed by the International Olympic Committee where men and women compete as equals. So in Dressage, Driving, Endurance, Eventing, Jumping, Para-Equestrian and Reining, men and women will go head-to-head. They will compete together on teams in Vaulting, and for Individual Female and Individual Male honors in Vaulting. There are 60 women on the Nominated Entry for the United States and 41 men.
Of these nominated entries, Vaulter Ruby Robinson is the youngest at age 11 (she vaults on the Sundae Rush Team) and endurance rider Jan Worthington is 70.
Nominated WEG Riders by State:
ArizonaJosh Rector, Combined Driving, Phoenix, AZ
CaliforniaMegan Benjamin, Vaulting, Saratoga, CASue Blinks, Dressage, Encinitas, CABlake Dahlgren, Vaulting, Santa Clarita, CAAlicen Divita, Vaulting, Redwood City, CAJan Ebeling, Dressage, Moorpark, CAMary Garrettt, Vaulting, Seal Beach, CAKenny Geisler, Vaulting, Sunnyvale, CALindsay Graham, Endurance, Napa, CABarbara Grassmyer, Para-Equestrian, Placerville, CAMarisa Hamar, Vaulting, Visalia, CALeslie Hamar Taylor, Vaulting, Visalia, CAEmily Addison Hogye, Vaulting, Ben Lomond, CAMari Inouye, Vaulting, Redwood City, CAElizabeth Ioannou, Vaulting, Saratoga, CADevon Maitozo, Vaulting, Woodside, CAMary McCormick, Vaulting, Woodside, CAKarly Frankel Newman, Vaulting, Woodside, CACassidy Palmer, Vaulting, Half Moon Bay, CAColton Palmer, Vaulting, Half Moon Bay, CAKimberly Palmer, Vaulting, Half Moon Bay, CASteffen Peters, Dressage, San Diego, CAShannyn Poer, Vaulting, Venice, CAHeather Reynolds, Endurance, Los Gatos, CAJeremy Reynolds, Endurance, Los Gatos, CAKatie Richie, Vaulting, San Luis Obispo, CAKristian Roberts, Vaulting, Moss Beach, CAGrace Robinson, Vaulting, Palo Alto, CARuby Robinson, Vaulting, Palo Alto, CARosalind Ross, Vaulting, Aptos, CAMichele Roush, Endurance, North San Juan, CARichard Spooner, Jumping, Agua Dulce, CAPatrick Stevens, Vaulting, Martinez, CAAlexandra Thrasher, Vaulting, Redwood City, CASusan Treabess, Para-Equestrian, Winters, CAKatharine Wick, Vaulting, Hillsborough, CA
ColoradoHolly Bergay, Para-Equestrian, Castle Rock, COWendy Fryke, Para-Equestrian, Parker, CO
FloridaKatherine Bateson-Chandler, Dressage, Wellington, FLTodd Flettrich, Dressage, Royal Palm Beach, FLLauren Hough, Jumping, Wellington, FLTucker Johnson, Combined Driving, Hobe Sound, FLCandice King, Jumping, Wellington, FLTina Konyot, Dressage, Palm City, FLCara Raether, Jumping, North Palm Beach, FLDavid Saunders, Combined Driving, Morriston, FLPierre St. Jacques, Dressage, Anthony, FLChester Weber, Combined Driving, Ocala, FL
GeorgiaBecky Holder, Eventing, Palmetto, GA
IllinoisJanice Worthington, Endurance, Scales Mound, ILCasey Zubek, Combined Driving, Manhattan, IL
IowaEllen Rapp, Endurance, La Motte, IA
MaineMary Jordan, Para-Equestrian, Wells, ME
NevadaErik Martonovich, Vaulting, Las Vegas, NV
New JerseyJim Fairclough, Combined Driving, Newtown, NJMargaret Sleeper, Endurance, Frenchtown, NJAnnalise VanVranken, Vaulting, Mays Landing, NJ
New YorkMario Deslauriers, Jumping, New York, NYBeezie Madden, Jumping, Cazenovia, NYDeborah Reich, Endurance, Croton On Hudson, NYMcLain Ward, Jumping, Brewster, NY
North CarolinaRobin Brueckmann, Para-Equestrian, Summerfield, NCWill Faudree, Eventing, Hoffman, NCKathy Groves, Para-Equestrian, Columbus, NCHolly Hudspeth, Eventing, Raleigh, NCBill Long, Combined Driving, Southern Pines, NCCindy O’Reilly, Combined Driving, Cameron, NCGary Stover, Combined Driving, Southern Pines, NC
OhioJennifer J. Baker, Para-Equestrian, Loveland, OHShawn Flarida, Reining, Springfield, OHLaura Goldman, Para-Equestrian, Highland Heights, OH
OklahomaCraig Schmersal, Reining, Overbrook, OK
OregonRich Fellers, Jumping, Wilsonville, OR
PennsylvaniaBuck Davidson, Eventing, Riegelsville, PAPhillip Dutton, Eventing, West Grove, PARebecca Hart, Para-Equestrian, Erie, PABoyd Martin, Eventing, West Grove, PAMatthew Palmer, Reining, Elverson, PAElizabeth Pigott, Para-Equestrian, Downingtown, PA
South CarolinaKim Jones, Para-Equestrian, Georgetown, SC
TexasCasey Deary, Reining, Weatherford, TXDell Hendricks, TX, Reining, Tioga, TXCasey Hinton, Reining, Whitesboro, TXTom McCutcheon, Reining, Aubrey, TXMike McLennan, Combined Driving, Brenham, TXTim McQuay, Reining, Tioga, TXCeci Butler Stasiuk, Endurance, Humble, TXJonathan Wentz, Para-Equestrian, Richardson, TX
VermontMelody Blittersdorf, Endurance, Jeffersonville, VT
VirginiaStephen Bradley, Eventing, Leesburg, VASarah D’Auriol, Vaulting, Suffolk, VAKim Decker, Para-Equestrian, Centreville, VALaura Kraut, Jumping, Middleburg, VAKaren O’Connor, Eventing, The Plains, VAKim Severson, Eventing, Scottsville, VAAllison Springer, Eventing, Marshall, VAClay Thomas, Vaulting, Newtown, VA
WashingtonErin Alberda, Para-Equestrian, Woodinville, WAAmy Tryon, Eventing, Duvall, WA
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