American Team for 2018 CDIO Rotterdam Named

Dressage

U.S.A.

The U.S. Equestrian Federation has named the team that will represent the U.S.A. in the Nations' Cup at the 2018 CDIO Rotterdam on 21 - 23 June 2018.

Four combinations will also compete in the CDI3*. In addition, two combinations will compete for the U.S. in the CDI-U25 competition as part of their Discover Dressage USEF/USDF Emerging Athlete Program membership.

The Nations Cup CDIO5* and CDI3* will serve as a designated observation event for determining the 2018 U.S. Dressage Team for the World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018. Additional observation events include Leudelange CDI4*, July 3-8, and CHIO Aachen Nations Cup CDIO5* and CDI4*, July 17-22.

The following WEG short-listed athletes and horses will compose the team for the CDIO Rotterdam:

Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (Haymarket, Va.) and Lonoir, the 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding she owns with Mary Anne McPhail
Adrienne Lyle (Ketchum, Idaho) and Salvino, Betsy Juliano LLC’s 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion
Kasey Perry-Glass (Wellington, Fla.) and Goerklintgaards Dublet, Diane Perry’s 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding
Steffen Peters (San Diego, Calif.) and Rosamunde, Four Winds Farm’s 11-year-old Rheinlander mare

The following WEG short-listed athletes and horses will compete in the CDI3*:

Shelly Francis (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Danilo, Patricia Stempel’s 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding
Ashley Holzer (New York, N.Y) and Havanna 145, Diane Fellows’s 11-year-old Hanoverian mare
Peters and Suppenkasper, Four Winds Farm’s 10-year-old KWPN gelding

Additionally, Lyle and Horizon, Betsy Juliano LLC’s 11-year-old Oldenburg mare, will also compete.

The following athletes and horses will compete in the CDI-U25:

Kerrigan Gluch (Wellington, Fla.) and Bolero CXLVII, Hampton Green Farm’s 14-year-old PRE stallion
Natalie Pai (Wellington, Fla.) and Unlimited, Melanie Pai’s 17-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding