By Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be represented at the CIC2* Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational (London Test Event) from July 4-6, 2011 by three American eventing riders. This competition will serve as a test event for the 2012 London Olympic Games and is an important part of the preparation for this competition. Dressage, Eventing, Jumping and Para-Equestrian Dressage will all be held at the historic Greenwich Park next summer, the Olympic Games begin on July 27, 2012 and run through August 12. The Paralympic Games run from August 29-September 9.
Will Faudree (Hoffman, NC) will ride Jennifer Mosing’s DHI Colour Candy.
DHI Colour Candy is a 7-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Logan Rawlings (Piedmont, CA – based in the UK) will ride her own Jaybee Star Celebrity.
Jaybee Star Celebrity is a 9-year-old Australian Warmblood mare.
Julian Stiller (Berkshire, UK) will ride her own Gunstone Wallstreet
Gunstone Wallstreet is an 11-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding.
The USEF may also send up to six High Performance athletes ‘on foot’ to observe the competition and learn about the venue. These athletes will be named shortly.
Please visit: http://www.london2012.com/ for more information regarding the 2012 Olympic Games. For more information about the USEF Eventing program, please contact Sara Ike at sara.ike@usef.org.
