U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team Announced

Pending the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has recommended the following horse/rider combinations for the US Olympic Team in Show Jumping for the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Hong Kong, China Aug. 15-21, 2008.

Name/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner

Beezie Madden/45/Cazenovia, N.Y./Authentic/13/ KWPN/G/Abigail Wexner

McLain Ward/33/Brewster, N.Y./Sapphire/13/McLain Ward, Tom Grossman and Blue Chip Bloodstock

Will Simpson/49/Thousand Oaks, Calif./El Campeon’s Carlsson vom Dach/12/Holsteiner/ El Campeon Farm

Laura Kraut/43/Wellington, Fla./Cedric /10/KWPN/G/Happy Hill Farm and Peter Wetherill

First Replacement (will travel with the team to Hong Kong):

Anne Kursinski/49/Frenchtown, N.J./Champ 163/ 9/Holsteiner/S/ Legacy Stables

Additional Replacements in ranking order:

Charlie Jayne/22/Elgin, Ill./Urbanus/11/Belgian Warmblood/G/Alex Jayne

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/33/Thousand Oaks, Calif./SRF Dragonfly/11/Belgian Warmblood/M/Silver Raven Farm and Katie Polk

Anne Kursinski/49/ Frenchtown, N.J./Roxana 112/14/Hessen/M/Scott Hakim

Kate Levy/27/Wellington, Fla./Vent du Nord/10/Belgian Warmblood/G/Kate Levy LLC and Nadine Levy

Georgina Bloomberg/25/New York, N.Y./Curius/13/Holsteiner/S/Gotham North Enterprizes, LLC

Cara Raether/29/North Palm Beach, Fla./Ublesco/11/Belgian Warmblood/S/Treelawny Farm

Beezie Madden/45/Cazenovia, N.Y./Judgement/17/Royal Dutch Warmblood/S/Iron Spring Farm