Dressage-News

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 27–The United States won team gold, Brazil silver and Mexico bronze at the Pan American Games Thursday, with the USA, Mexico and Chile gaining tickets for next year’s Olympics.

The Pan Ams were the last chance for the U.S., winner of team gold at the last two Oympics in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008, to send a team to London.

But they did it with a dominating performance with all four riders going clear over the final two rounds at these championships that, like the Olympics, are held once every four years. Brazil and Canada were already qualified for  the London Games.

Not since 1975 has a single nation won all three Olympic discipline Nations Cups of dressage, eventing and jumping at the same Pan Ams, and the U.S. did it then.

The U.S. led from the start of the jumping competition with two clear rounds in the first qualifying competition Wednesday and all four going clear in both rounds Thursday.

So dominant has the U.S. been that the top three places in the individual rankings are filled by U.S. combinations.

In the individual rankings, Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo is 1st, Christine McCrea on Ramonatovich Take One 2nd and McLain Ward on Antares F is 3rd. Kent Farrington on Uceko is 8th. As only three riders from any one nation can advance to the individual finals, Kent will not participate.

The strain of qualifying for the Olympics next year was summed up by McLain Ward, the winer of team gold medals from the last two Olympics, who said: “It has been a lot of stress to qualify for the Olympics. I felt there was more pressure than at the Olympics. To have not qualified would have been a disaster.”

Rodrigo Pessoa who rode HH Ashley for three clear rounds said the Brazilian team came with the goal of winning silver knowing how strong the U.S. squad would be.

“We spent two days chasing the Americans and trying to stay ahead of the Mexicans,” he said.

The individual final will be held Saturday.

Mexico slipped from their second place after the first qualifying day, and a Brazilian squad that matched the U.S. clear round for clear round moved into silver medal position after the first round Thursday.

In the first round, all four riders for the United States and Brazil went clear.

But in the second round the Brazilians faltered and posted two rounds each with one rail down.

The U.S., Mexico and Chile will join Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, host nation Great Britain, The Nethetrlands, Sweden and Switzerland at the London Olympics, with one more to qualify at a competition in the Middle East in December. This will be Chile’s first Olympic team appearance in at least 20 years.

Results of the team competition:
1. USA 2.90
2. Brazil 11.58
3. Mexico 13.24
4. Canada 21.92
5. Chile 32.52
6. Argentina 52.61
7. Colombia 56.19
8. Venezuela 70.07
9. Guatemala 78.39
10. Ecuador 85.61
11. Uruguay 96.28

Complete results:

Rank	Horse no.	Rider	Horse	Penalties 1st+2nd Q.		Penalties		Total Penalties	Total
				Total	Rk	Jump	Time
1	108	MADDEN Elizabeth Patton	CORAL REEF VIA VOLO	0.00	(1)	0	0	0	0.00
2	105	MCCREA Christine Tribble	ROMANTOVICH TAKE ONE	0.88	(2)	0	0	0	0.88
3	109	WARD Mclain Lindsey	ANTARES F	2.02	(4)	0	0	0	2.02
4	36	ALVES Bernardo	BRIDGIT	2.09	(5)	0	0	0	2.09
5	307	MICHAN Alberto	ROSALIA LA SILLA	1.28	(3)	0	1	1	2.28
6	35	PESSOA Rodrigo	HH ASHLEY	2.87	(7)	0	0	0	2.87
7	46	MILLAR Ian Donald	STAR POWER	3.79	(8)	0	0	0	3.79
8	107	FARRINGTON Kent	UCEKO	3.90	(9)	0	0	0	3.90
9	308	MAURER Antonio	CALLAO	4.98	(11)	0	0	0	4.98
10	58	COUVE Tomas	ARC EN CIEL DE MUZE	4.87	(10)	0	1	1	5.87
11	26	TERCEIRA Jillian P.	BERNADIEN VAN WESTUR	8.24	(17)	0	1	1	9.24
12	38	JOHANNPETER Karina	SRF DRAGONFLY de JOTER	5.52	(13)	4	0	4	9.52
13	66	BLUMAN Daniel	SANCHA LS	9.63	(20)	0	0	0	9.63
14	37	MIRANDA NETO Alvaro	AD NORSON	2.62	(6)	8	0	8	10.62
15	45	LAMAZE Eric Alain	CORIANA V KLAPSCHEUT	7.03	(15)	4	0	4	11.03
16	47	ASSELIN Jonathan	SHOWGIRL	7.10	(16)	4	0	4	11.10
17	59	PAROT Samuel Ignacio	AL CALYPSO	12.00	(23)	0	1	1	13.00
18	305	GONZALEZ Enrique	CRIPTONITE	9.17	(18)	4	0	4	13.17
19	56	CARRASCO Rodrigo Cristian	OR DE LA CHARBONIERE	13.65	(25)	0	0	0	13.65
20	306	MICHAN Daniel	RAGNA T	13.98	(27)	0	1	1	14.98
21	19	LAROCCA Jose Maria	ROYAL POWER	5.49	(12)	8	2	10	15.49
22	48	HANSELWOOD Gillian Margaret	GEORGE	15.61	(30)	0	0	0	15.61
23	405	WATRING Mark	GREENS SLEEPS VIOCO	11.74	(22)	4	0	4	15.74
24	18	ALBARRACIN Matias	P’COMPADRE BALLY CULLEN MAID	16.86	(34)	0	0	0	16.86
25	69	PEREZ John	UTOPIA	9.54	(19)	8	0	8	17.54
26	57	MORSTADT Carlos Alberto	TALENTO	14.01	(28)	4	0	4	18.01
27	98	ANDRADE Pablo Jose	WOKINA	16.59	(33)	4	1	5	21.59
28	508	RODRIGUEZ Andres	BEAUFORT VAN HAN LIND.	5.83	(14)	16	0	16	21.83
29	85	FLORENTINO ROCA Hector	ULTIMO	18.36	(36)	4	0	4	22.36
30	606	RODRIGUEZ Martin	COINTREAU Z	16.55	(32)	4	2	6	22.55
31	97	BARREIRO Luis Ignacio	SILVERADO	14.98	(29)	8	0	8	22.98
32	708	GASTAÑETA Maria Paz	GABRIEL	20.32	(38)	4	0	4	24.32
33	17	DIRCIE Ricardo	LLAVANERAS H.J. ARIES	19.81	(37)	4	1	5	24.81
34	206	PIVARAL Juan Pablo	VALENCIA	21.53	(39)	4	0	4	25.53
35	506	KAROLYI Angel	JAMES T KIRK	13.89	(26)	12	0	12	25.89
36	25	NISBETT Patrick Dwayne	CANTARO 32	11.31	(21)	12	3	15	26.31
37	208	TEJADA Alvaro Enrique	VOLTARAL PALO BLANCO	24.49	(44)	4	0	4	28.49
38	65	DIAZ Rodrigo	CELESTA	25.02	(45)	4	0	4	29.02
38	505	VANOSOSTE Noel	CONRAD D	13.02	(24)	16	0	16	29.02
40	905	MIZRACHI Gabriella Rosa	UNLIMITED	18.13	(35)	12	0	12	30.13
41	205	CASTILLO Eduardo Antonio	CARLAND	24.37	(43)	4	2	6	30.37
42	15	DOPAZO Martin	CHICAGO Z	24.26	(42)	8	0	8	32.26
43	605	CHIRICO Marcelo	OMANIE DU LANDAIS	16.29	(31)	16	0	16	32.29
44	805	HERNANDEZ Jose Alfredo	GRUPO PROM JACK	22.12	(41)	12	1	13	35.12
45	207	RODRIGUEZ Juan Andres	VDL EMPIRE	31.80	(49)	4	0	4	35.80
46	67	TERAN Roberto	DENVER	29.82	(47)	8	0	8	37.82
47	705	NAVARRO GRAU Michelle Maria	TIBETANO	31.13	(48)	8	0	8	39.13
48	607	COLA Carlos Jose	DON QUIJOTE	32.44	(50)	8	1	9	41.44
49	96	RODRIGUEZ Ruben Russell	TRUE LOVE SANTA MONICA	21.81	(40)	20	0	20	41.81
	507	BARRIOS Pablo	G&C QUICK STAR	EL		12	0	12	12.00
	95	VIVERO Diego Javier	NEYPAL DU PLANT	EL				NS	NS