The U.S. Equestrian Federation has named four athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team and one traveling reserve combination for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Show Jumping competition at the Games will take place Aug. 12-19 at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The following athlete-and-horse combinations will compose the team (in alphabetical order):
Lucy Davis of Los Angeles, Calif., and Old Oak Farm’s Barron, a 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding
Kent Farrington of Wellington, Fla., and Amalaya Investments’ Voyeur, a 14-year-old KWPN gelding
Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, N.Y., and Abigail Wexner’s Cortes ‘C’, a 14-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding
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McLain Ward of Brewster, N.Y., with Double H Farm and Francois Mathy’s HH Azur, a 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare
The following athlete-and-horse combination has been named as the traveling reserve:
Laura Kraut of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., and Old Willow Farms, LLC’s Zeremonie, a 9-year-old Holsteiner mare