Equestrian events at the Pan-Am Games begin Oct. 14.

Beezie Madden will be one of the riders representing the U.S. in the show jumping competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo: Leslie Potter

Every four years, top athletes from the western
hemisphere meet for the second-largest multi-sport event in the world. The
Pan-American Games are held the year before every summer Olympic year, and equestrian
events have been included since the beginning of the games in 1951.This year, the games are being held in Guadalajara, Mexico from Oct. 15-29.

The United States is sending 14 horse-and-rider teams to compete for team and individual medals in the Olympic sports of eventing, dressage and show jumping.

Dressage

The equestrian events begin with dressage competition from Oct. 14-19. The U.S. delegation is anchored by veteran rider Steffen Peters. Peters will be riding Weltino’s Magic, a 2002 Westphalian Gelding.

Dressage
Rider	Hometown	Horse	Breed
Heather Blitz	Wellington, FL	Paragon	Danish Warmblood
Marissa Festerling	Moorpark, CA	Big Tyme	Belgian Warmblood
Cesar Parra	White House Station, NJ	Grandioso	Westphalian
Steffen Peters	San Diego, CA	Weltino’s Magic	Westphalian

Eventing

The eventing competition will begin on Oct. 20 and continue through Oct. 23. The eventing competition will be held at the Santa Sofia Golf Club, a separate venue from the other events.

Eventing
Rider	Hometown	Horse	Breed
Hannah Sue Burnett	Ocala, FL	Harbour Pilot	Irish Sport Horse
Buck Davidson	Ocala, FL	Absolute Liberty	Oldenburg
Jonathan Holling	Ocala, FL	Downtown Harrison	Thoroughbred/Trakehner
Shannon Lilley	Gilroy, CA	Ballingowan Pizazz	Irish Sport Horse
Michael Pollard	Dalton, GA	Schoensgreen Hanni	German Warmblood

Show Jumping

Olympians Laura Kraut and Cedric were originally part of the U.S. show jumping team for this year’s Pan-Am Games. However, Kraut has been competing in Europe this season, and due to quarantine and transportation logistics, would not be able to get Cedric to the games in time. Reserve rider Kent Farrington moves into Kraut’s spot amongst a group of seasoned international competitors. The show jumping competition will run from Oct. 24-29.

Show Jumping
Rider	Hometown	Horse	Breed
Beezie Madden	Cazenovia, NY	Coral Reef Via Volo	Belgian Warmblood
McLain Ward	Brewster, NY	Antarest F	Wurttemberger
Christine McCrea	East Windsor, CT	Romantovich Take One	KWPN
Kent Farrington	Chicago, IL	Uceko	KWPN