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NEWS RELEASE
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August 30, 2011

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the Pan American Games. The Pan American Games will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico October 14-30, 2011.

Held at the CCI2*, five horses will compete for both team and individual classification, with the best three scores to count for the team score.

The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the 2011 Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team (in alphabetical order):

Hannah Sue Burnett (The Plains, VA) and Jacqueline Mars' Harbour Pilot
Harbour Pilot is an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

Buck Davidson (Ocala, FL) and Sharon Will's Absolute Liberty
Absolute Liberty is an 8-year-old Thoroughbred x Oldenburg mare

Jonathan Holling (Ocala, FL) and Constance Holling's Downtown Harrison
Downtown Harrison is a 7-year-old Trakehner x Thoroughbred gelding

Shannon Lilley (Gilroy, CA) and The Lilley Group's Ballingowan Pizzaz
Ballingowan Pizzaz is a 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

Michael Pollard (Dalton, GA) and Nathalie Pollard's Schoensgreen Hanni
Schoensgreen Hanni is an 8-year-old German Sport Horse mare

The following horse/rider combinations have been named as replacements (in alphabetical order):

Boyd Martin (Cochranville, PA) and Dana Diemer's Cold Harbor
Cold Harbor is an 11-year-old Canadian Sport Horse

Kristin Schmolze (Califon, NJ) and her own, Bill and Janet Schmolze's
Ballylaffin Bracken Ballylaffin Bracken is an 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

Tamra Smith (Murietta, CA) and Leigh Mesher's Mar de Amor
Mar de Amor is an 11-year-old Selle Francais gelding

Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, VA) and her own Donner
Donner is an 8-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

Jolie Wentworth (Martinez, CA) and Tracey Bowman's Good Knight
Good Knight is a 9-year-old Canadian Sport Horse

These riders will have mandatory training at the Morven Park Horse Trials, September 30- October 2 in Leesburg, VA. They will then go to training camp with Chef d'Equipe Capt. Mark Phillips beginning October 10 at Meredyth South in Ocala, FL. Training camp will last five days and then the horses will travel to Mexico.

Please click on the riders' names to learn more about them.

For media requests or more information about these riders, please contact Joanie Morris at jmorris@usef.org.

Please visit: www.guadalajra2011.mx for more information about the 2011 Pan American Games.

ENDS

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