The U.S. Equestrian Federation has named four horse-and-rider combinations to the U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Para-dressage competition will take place Sept. 12-16 at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center in Brazil.
The following combinations will compose the team (in alphabetical order):
Sydney Collier (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Grade Ib, and Wesley Dunham’s Western Rose, a 13-year-old Oldenburg mare
Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Grade II, and her own Schroeters Romani, a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood mare
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Margaret McIntosh (Reading, Pa.), Grade Ia, and her own Rio Rio, a 10-year-old Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare
Angela Peavy (Avon, Conn., and Wellington, Fla.), Grade III, and Heather Blitz and Rebecca Reno’s Lancelot Warrior, a 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding
Further information regarding the U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team selection process can be found on USEF.org. All nominations to the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team are subject to approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
