Prepared by: Lindsay Yosay McCall On August 29, 2012 the United States Para-Equestrian Dressage Team will complete their final FEI horse inspection and the opening ceremonies for the 2012 London Paralympics will commence.  The United States has selected their best equestrians including: veteran Paralympian Rebecca Hart, 27, and Lord Ludger, owned by Jessica Ransehousen; Jonathan Wentz, 21, of Richardson, Texas and Kai Handt’s NTEC Richter Scale; Donna Ponessa and Western Rose, owned by Wesley Dunham; and Dale Dedrick and her own Bonifatius.

Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro – Great Britain By Kim MacMillan – Photo Captions by Allen MacMillan Dressage freestyle day was today, with the top 18 horse and rider duos coming back to perform to their custom-designed rides to music. It is always fun to see their creativity expressed. I expected to see a few scores above 80% and maybe one above 90% and that is pretty much how it played out.  Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistrral Hojris – Great Britain The British Crowd gave Laura a rousing review                 Riders from Austria (1) , Denmark (2), Germany (3), Great Britain (3), Italy (1), the Netherlands (3), Portugal (1), Spain (1), Sweden (2) and the U.S.A

  Steve Guerdat and Nino Des Buissonnets from Switzerland By Kim MacMillan – Photo Captions by Allen MacMillan I silently hoped for good rounds out of our two remaining U.S. riders today, McLain Ward riding Antares and Rich Fellers riding Flexible.