The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced the recipients of eventing competition grants for Aachen CICO3*, Burghley CCI4*, Blenheim CCI3*, and Boekelo CCIO3*. Grants are awarded based on the USEF grant application process.
Will Coleman and OBOS O'Reilly finished sixth at Rolex Kentucky and are on their way to Blenheim
The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded, through the USET Foundation, Karen E. Stives Endowment Fund for High Performance Eventing Competition Grants for the Aachen CICO3* to compete as individuals. Aachen CICO3* will take place August 12-14 in Aachen, Germany:
Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Thomas Tierney and Simon Roosevelt's Fernhill Cubalawn, a 2003 Holsteiner gelding
Lauren Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Team Rebecca, LLC's Veronica, a 2002 Dutch Warmblood mare. This grant includes below mentioned CCI3* Blenheim.
Should the U.S. receive a team invitation, the following athlete-and-horse combinations would join Dutton and Kieffer. Listed in ranked order (depending on the number of invitations):
Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) and The Donner Syndicate, LLC's Donner, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding
Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Team Demeter, LLC's RF Demeter, a 13-year-old Oldenburg mare
Colleen Rutledge (Frederick, Md.) and her own Covert Rights, a nine-year-old Thoroughbred Cross gelding
The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded the following competition grants for the Burghley CCI4*, taking place September 3-6 at Burghley, Great Britain:
Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) and The Donner Syndicate, LLC's Donner, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding. Symansky has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.
Colleen Rutledge (Frederick, Md.) and her own Covert Rights, a nine-year-old Thoroughbred Cross gelding. Rutledge has been awarded a Jacqueline B. Mars Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.
The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded the following competition grants for the Blenheim CCI3*, taking place September 17-20 in Woodstock, Great Britain:
Lauren Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Team Rebecca, LLC's Veronica, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare. This competition is included in the aforementioned Karen E. Stives Endowment Fund for High Performance Eventing Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.
Will Coleman and The Four Star Eventing Group's OBOS O'Reilly, a 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding. Coleman has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.
Matt Brown and the Blossom Creek Foundation's Super Socks BCF, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding. Brown has been awarded a Jacqueline B. Mars Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.
Elisa Wallace and David and Jill Hopcroft's Simply Priceless, a 2001 Thoroughbred gelding. Wallace has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.
Emily Beshear and Deep Purple Eventing's Shame On The Moon, a 2006 Trakehner/Thoroughbred mare. Beshear has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant.*
*Pending number of invitations received from the Organising Committee.
The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been awarded Land Rover USEF Competition Grants for the Boekelo CCI3*, taking place October 8-11 in Boekelo, The Netherlands:
Buck Davidson (Ocala, Fla.) and Sherrie Martin and Carl Segal's Copper Beach, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding
Matt Brown (Petaluma, Calif.) and the Blossom Creek Foundation's BCF Belicoso, a 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding
Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and Raylyn Farms, Inc.'s RF Quarterman, a 2008 Oldenburg gelding
