process. The goal of this veterinary evaluation component is to make sure the athletes and owners, plus their support team, have the opportunity to work with members of the Veterinary Advisory Group. We want to be able to be on the forefront of any possible veterinary issues so we can be set up to help them as we build up to WEG and at WEG. The team will be named no later than July 13, 2018. Link to official selection criteria and related documents:
www.usef.org/forms-pubs/5AfdrYxsKAM/ selection-procedures-for-2018-fei
necessarily to utilize the team horses, but to utilize the team riders to give them the team experience and to practice in that environment. The eventing rules for nominated entry allow you to list up to three times as many horses as you can actu- ally enter in the Games. So, we could actually nominate up to 15 horse/rider combinations, with ten of that number being possible reserves and some of them could be riders already named to the squad, but with other horses (these are called direct reserve horses). We will name our squad of five: a team of four and one reserve for the team, and that person runs as an individual. But we won’t deter- mine that until much closer to the Games; following the first horse inspection. Link to official selection
U.S. endurance rider Jeremy Olson and the half-Arabian gelding Wallace Hill Shade trot in front of the iconic Mont St. Michel on course at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy. Olson and Shade sent to France as reserves for the team, and were called up to compete when another U.S. team competitor had to drop out. They finished the race 31st
out of 173 starters. EVENTING
Key Personnel: Chef d’Equipe, Erik Duvander; Team Leader, Joanie Morris; Selectors are Robert Costello, Phyllis Dawson, Derek di Grazia, Deborah Furnas, Jan Byyny; Team Veteri- narian, Dr. Susan Johns; Veterinary Advisory Committee members are Dr. Brendan Furlong, Dr. Duncan Peters, Dr. Tim Randle; Team Sponsor, Land Rover. Selection Synopsis: (From Joanie Morris) Our last selection
trial is Luhmuhlen, Germany in June and following that our veterinarians will evaluate the group of horses. We’ve given ourselves more space in the procedures up to the nominated entry deadline (August 13), but our plan is that we will name our team by the first of July. Then, we have Great Meadow and Aachen on our calendar, which are great opportunities not
Sweden’s Erik Duvander joins us and took over the job as Performance Direc- tor for Eventing for U.S. Eventing Team in October of 2017 and will also serve as Eventing Chef d’Equipe for the 2018 WEG. “My personal view is we all need to make the program the best program in the world and a program other
countries admire and riders have a desire to be a part of,” said Duvander in an address to the U.S. Eventing Association at their 2018 Annual Meeting.
Phillip Dutton is all smiles as he and the Irish Sport Horse gelding Mighty Nice (by Ard Ohio, out of Sara- zen) after
take bronze at a winning victory lap individual the 2016 Rio
Olympic Games. Dutton stands in fourth at press time in the FEI World Event- ing Standings. (Recently he announced Mighty Nice was not going to be competing at the WEG 2018.)
criteria and related documents:
www.usef.org/compete/disciplines/eventing/ elite-program/2018-fei-world-equestrian-games
PARA-DRESSAGE
Key Personnel: Chef d’Equipe, Kai Handt; Head of Para- Equestrian Coach Development & High Performance Consul- tant, Michel Assouline; Team Leader, Laureen Johnson; Selec- tors are Barbara Grassmyer, Robin Brueckmann, Tina Wentz, Regina Cristo, Natalie Lamping; Team Veterinarian, Duncan Peters; Team Sponsor, Deloitte.
USEF Para-Dressage Chef d’Equipe and National Advisor Kai Handt (center) talks with para-dressage competitor Roxanne Trunnell and Head of Para- Equestrian Coach Development & High Performance Consultant Michel Assouline at the 2017 USEF Para- Dressage National Championships in North Carolina. After a CPEDI3* show in Florida in January 2018, Handt commented on the upcoming year, “We are looking forward to an exciting
show season for 2018. We are seeing that the application of online test judging and intense training seminars at our Para-Equestrian Centers of Excellence, and at CPEDI’s, is really getting our trainers on the right track and improving results for the upcoming season. We are looking to be a solid contender team by the end of the qual- ifying period for the FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, which requires fine-tuning at our upcoming training sessions. Our para- dressage sport is growing rapidly with a large group of Under 25 riders, juniors and young riders attracted to the sport. We are supporting a strong base of experienced and upcoming competi- tors. 2018 is going to be a good year.”
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