Jon Holling and Downtown Harrison, pictured here at the Fork, photo by Samantha Clark
USEF has awarded Land Rover Grants to compete on the U.S. Nations Cup team at the Boekelo CCIO3* in The Netherlands, October 11-14, 2012. Each Nations Cup team member will receive a $15,000 Land Rover Grant to help offset expenses directly related to the event. Captain Mark Phillips will serve as Chef d’Equipe and in-coming Technical Adviser for the U.S. eventing team, David O’Connor, will serve as coach at the Boekelo CCIO3*. It is anticipated, that prior to departure a brief training camp is tentatively scheduled for the week of October 5th.
The following riders have been selected for the Nations Cup team:
Jennie Brannigan (West Grove, PA) on Nina Gardner’s Cambalda.
Cambalda is a 10-year-old Thoroughbred cross gelding.
Phillip Dutton (West Grove, PA) on Tom Tierney’s Atlas.
Atlas is an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Jon Holling (Ocala, FL) on Constance Ann Holling’s Downtown Harrison.
Downtown Harrison is an 8-year-old Trakehner/Thoroughbred gelding.
Clark Montgomery (Kennett Square, PA) on Holly Becker and Kathryn Kraft’s Loughan Glen.
Loughan Glen is a 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding.
The following two combinations have been named as alternates (listed in Alphabetical Order):
Buck Davidson (Ocala, FL) on Sherrie Martin’s The Apprentice.
The Apprentice is an 8-year-old Oldenburg gelding.
Will Faudree (Hoffman, NC) on Jennifer Mosing’s Pawlow.
Pawlow is a 13-year-old Irish Thoroughbred gelding.
