USEF Names Nations Cup Team for Aachen CICO3*

Lynn Symansky and Donner at Great Meadow 2015. Photo by Jenni Autry. Lynn Symansky and Donner at Great Meadow 2015. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Hot off the presses! The USEF just named the horses and riders that will ride on the U.S. Nations Cup team at Aachen CICO3* next week. The U.S. was ultimately invited to send a team of three combinations, and the following horses and riders will compete (listed in ranked order):

Phillip Dutton and Tom Tierney and Simon Roosevelt’s Fernhill Cubalawn, a 2003 Holsteiner gelding

Lauren Kieffer and Team Rebecca’s Veronica, a 2002 Dutch Warmblood mare

Lynn Symansky and The Donner Syndicate’s Donner, a 2003 Thoroughbred gelding

Phillip and Lauren will make the trip thanks to Karen E. Stives Endowment Fund for High Performance Eventing Competition Grants, while Lynn will go on a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant. All fall grants were detailed in this USEF press release.

It truly came down to the wire as to whether the U.S. would be able to send a team to Aachen, and Joanie Morris deserves a lot of credit for working out the logistics to make this happen.

EN will be on the grounds in Aachen next week to bring you up-to-the minute news on the U.S. and Canadian teams. While an official start list has not yet been published, the Canadian team is Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master, Holly Jacks-Smith and More Inspiration, and Kathryn Robinson and Let It Bee.

We’ll publish the full list of entries as soon as it’s released to the public. Stay tuned for much more on Aachen!

[USEF Names Combinations for CICO3* Aachen]