SHOW JUMPING
Key Personnel: Chef d’Equipe, Robert Ridland; Team Leader, Lizzy Chesson; Selector Advisors to Chef d’Equipe, Anthony D’Ambrosio, Anne Kursinski, and a third individual to be final- ized in late February; Team Veterinarian, Dr. Tim Ober. Selection Synopsis: (From Lizzy Chesson) The selection
method for the U.S. Jumping Team for the 2018 World Eques- trian Games is very similar to the methods that we have used for the last quadrennium. There is a mixture of objectivity and subjectivity used to select a short list of 10 athletes and horses by late April. These 10 athletes and horses will then head to Europe to compete in CSIO5* Nations Cup events before team selection is made by the definite entry date in early September. The primary aim is that the selection method not only selects but also prepares the athletes and horses for the WEG Championships and allows them to peak at the right moment. The U.S. Show Jumping Team will be named at some point between the middle of August and the FEI definite entry date of September 4. Link to official selection criteria and related
documents:
www.usef.org/forms-pubs/ bS-Qfhuk2XE/2018-weg-selection-procedures
VAULTING
Key Personnel: Chef d’Equipe, Emma Seely; Assistant Chef, Jen Arntsen; Team Leader, Laureen Johnson; Selectors are Jessica Garrod, Patty Littmann, Rosalind Ross, Patti Skipton, Kendel Edmunds; Team Veterinarian, Wayne Browning. Selection Synopsis: Vaulters wishing to be considered for the FEI nominated entry must complete a minimum of three qualifying competitions as described below, and written in the athlete memo dated October 10, 2017. All scores must be obtained during the designated qualifying period, which shall be from November 1, 2017 through July 16, 2018. We will be sending one squad of six vaulters, three individual males, three individual females, and two Pas de Deux pairs. We will name our team on August 13. Links to official selection criteria and related documents: Individuals –
www.usef.org/forms-pubs/7A_9OmL1kSw/ 2018-world-equestrian-games-selection
Pas de Deux –
www.usef.org/compete/disciplines/ vaulting/2018-weg-game-forms-info
Squad –
www.usef.org/forms-pubs/a2jMDcf-GpE/ 2018-world-equestrian-games-selection
Number one ranked show jumper in the Longines FEI World Rank- ings at press time, U.S. rider Kent Farrington aboard Amalaya Invest- ment’s Dutch Warmblood gelding Voyeur (Tolano Van’t Riethof – Goodwill) at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
U.S. Show Jumping Team Technical Advi- sor and Chef d’Equipe since early 2013, Robert Ridland guided the Team to bronze medal performance at both the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy and the 2015 Pan Ameri- can Games in Toronto, and then in 2016 to a silver medal team finish at the Rio Olympics. In January of 2017 he agreed to stay on with the Team for another four years taking them through the 2018 WEG and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “I’m very
excited to once again be given the unique opportunity of work- ing with what I believe is the most talented group of horses and riders in the sport today,” said Ridland.
In an exciting finish to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Team Vaulting competition, the U.S. pulled out all the stops and captured gold. Team members were: Blake Dahlgren, Mary Garrett, Emily Hogye, Mari Inouye, Devon Maitozo, Rosalind Ros, Annalise VanVranken, lunger Carolyn Bland and the Westphalian gelding Palatine (Pic Labionics – Fittipaldi).
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