A couple weeks ago we mentioned that US riders had received competition and travel grants from the USEF and today the USEF has released a full list of those riders. The grants will be used to help riders compete at the Blenheim CCI3* (Sept. 7-11) and Burghley (Sept. 1-4) . The following riders have received $15,000 grants, with a grand total of $120,000 in grants being given out:
William Coleman III and James Wildasin’s Twizzel
Phillip Dutton and Bruce Duchossois’ Mighty Nice
Will Faudree and Jennifer Mosing’s Andromaque
Will Faudree and Jennifer Mosing’s Pawlow
Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos Syndicate’s Neville Bardos
Boyd Martin and Henley House Stables’ Remington XXV
Clark Montgomery and Jessica Montgomery, Kathleen Kraft and Holly Becker’s Loughan Glen
Michael Pollard and Nathalie Pollard and Mieke Hanssens’ Icarus
There are also performance incentive grants for all US riders: $10,000 will be given for a top 10% finish, $5,000 for a top 20% finish. This applies to Burghley and Blenheim.
Of the recepients, Twizzel, Andromaque, Icarus, and Neville Bardos are all entered at Burghley, leaving Mighty Nice, Pawlow, Remington, and Loughan Glen as the 4 Blenheim horses.
Word is that a separate grant from United States Olympic Committee funding will be used to fund a trip to the Boekelo CCI3* in Holland, making for 4 major funded trips overseas this fall for US High Performance including the Pan American Games.
As a last grant note, Doug Payne originally received a Blenheim grant, but after a tough ride at Millbrook wisely decided to stay home and gain more mileage before taking Running Order overseas, and so he was not included in today’s release.
[via USEF]
Go eventing.
7pm Update: As a quick correction, I have heard that Remington will likely be headed for Boekelo. We’ll have more on that shortly.
