Dressage-News

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

Teams from 10 nations and seven combinations competing as individuals from six countries have been confirmed as nominated entries for Pan American Games dressage in Toronto July 10-14 with only a single country able to qualify a team for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Argentina, Canada, Mexico and the United States have nominated Grand Prix combinations for their teams, a requirement for Olympic qualification while the Dominican Republic and Uruguay have nominated individuals for the Big Tour for the continental championships that will be a unique format of mixed Big and Small Tour combinations.

The number of teams entered for the Pan Am dressage at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave near Toronto July 11-14, according to the lineup confirmed by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Wednesday, is two fewer than the 12 teams that competed at the previous Pan Ams in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011.

The final teams of no more than four and no fewer than three combinations will be named prior to the start of competition.

Nominated entries as listed by the FEI:

Argentina

Big Tour

Micaela Mabragaña, 28 years old, and Granada, 19-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding.

Cesar Lopardo Grana, 57 years old, and Tyara, 15-year-old KPWN mare.

Small Tour

Maria Florencia Manfredi, 33 years old, and Bandurria Kasero, nine-year old Silla Argentino gelding.

Juliana Ugalde, 44 years old, and Caquel Cautivo, 18-year-old Silla Argentino gelding.

Brazil

Small Tour

João Victor Marcari Oliva, 19 years old, and Xamã dos Pinhais, 12-year-old Brazilian-bred Lusitano.

João Paulo dos Santos, 32, years old, and Veleiro do Top, 13-year-old Brazilian-bred gelding.

Sarah Elizabeth Olga Waddell, 27 years old, and Donnelly 3, 14-year-old Westfalen gelding.

Leandro Aparecido da Silva, 39 years old, and Dicaprio, 13-year-old Oldenburg stallion.

Pedro Manuel Tavares de Almeida, 21 years old, and Baluarte do Mito, nine-year-old Brazilian-bred Lusitano.

Canada

Big Tour

Belinda Trussell, 44 years old, of Stoufville, Ontario and Anton, 15-year-old Sachsen-Thüringen gelding.

Megan Lane, 24 years old at the time of the Pan Ams, of Loretto, Ontario, and Caravella, 14-year-old KWPN mare.

Karen Pavicic, 44 years old, of South Surrey, British Columbia, on Don Daiquiri, 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding

Jacqueline Brooks, 47 years old of Newmarket, Ontario, on D Niro, 16-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding.

Small Tour

Brittany Fraser, 26 years old, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and All In, 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding.

Chris von Martels, 32 years old, of Ridgetown, Ontario, and Zilverstar, 11-year-old KWPN gelding.

Diane Creech, 52 years old, of Caistor Centre, Ontario and Robbie W, 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding.

Shannon Dueck, 52 years old, of Loxahatchee, Florida and Cantaris, 12-year-old American Hanoverian gelding.

Chile

Small Tour

Virginia Yarur, 48 years old, and Finn, 10 year-old Rhinelander gelding.

Virginia Yarur, 48 years old, and El Dorado, 16-year-old gelding.

Virginia Yarur, 48 years old, and Debussy, nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Oscar Hernan Coddou Molina, 60 years old at time of Games, and Favory Duba, 11-year-old Lippizan stallion.

Julio Fonseca, 55 years old, and Wettkong, nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Manuel Montero, 62 years old, and Stortebeker, 10-year-old gelding.

Manuel Monero, 62 years old, and Everybody Dance Now, 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Colombia

Small Tour

Marco Bernal, 53 years old, and Farewell IV, 14-year-old Westfalen stallion.

Juan Mauricio Sanchez, 64 years old, and First Fisherman, 13 year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Maria A. Aponte, 18 years old, and Pretty Woman, 10-year-old Oldenburg mare.

Raul Corchuelo, 43 years old, and Beckham, 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Constanza Jaramillo, 44 years old, and Wakana, 15-year-old Sachsen-Thüringen mare.

Diana Rey, 57 years old, and Twister VDL, 14-year-old KWPN stallion.

Costa Rico

Small Tour

Christer Egerstrom, 58 years old, and Bello Oriente, 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding..

Anne Marie Egerstrom, 22 years old, and Amorino, 19-year-old Warmblood gelding,

Michelle Batalla, 48 years old, and Ferro, 18-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion.

Michelle Batalla, 48 years old, and Westergardens Vivi Light, 14-year-old Danish Warmblood mare.

Guatemala

Small Tour

Andrea Schorpp, 24 years old, and Zedrick Dyloma, 11-year-old KWPN gelding.

Alexandra Dominguez, 19 years old, and Beijing A, nine-year-old KWPN mare.

Margarita de Castillo, 50 years old, and Quanderus, 10-year-old Mecklenburger gelding.

Esther Mortimer, 36 years old, and Adajio, 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Mexico

Big Tour

Bernadette Pujals, 47 years old at time of Games, and Heslegaards Rolex, 12-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding.

Small Tour

José Luis Padilla, 62 years old at time of Games, and Donnersberg, 18-year-old Rhinlander gelding.

Mariana Quintana, 34 years old, and Guapo, 13-year-old Rhinelander stallion.

Mariana Quintana, 34 years old, and Benzema, 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Enrique Palacios, aged 42, and Wizard Banamex, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding.

Maria Edith Vega, 43 years old, and French Affair, 15-year-old Hanoverian mare.

United States

Big Tour

Allison Brock, 35 years old, of Wellington, Florida on Rosevelt, 13-year-old Hanoverian stallion

Laura Graves, 27 years old, of Plymouth, Florida and Verdades, 13-year-old KWPN gelding

Steffen Peters, 49 years old, of San Diego, California and Legolas 92, 13-year-old Westfalen gelding

Steffen Peters, 49 years old, on Rosamunde, eight-year-old Rhinelander mare.

Kathleen Raine, 49 years old, and Breanna, 15-year-old Hanoverian mare.

Small Tour

Kimberly Herslow, 44 years old, of Stockton, New Jersey and Rosmarin, 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding

Sabine Schut-Kery, 46 years old, of Thousand Oaks, California on Sanceo, nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion.

Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, 31 years old, of Middleburg, Virgina and Rassing’s Lonoir, 11-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

Venezuela

Small Tour

Irina Moleiro de Muro, 51 years old, and Von Primaire, 13-year-old KWPN gelding.

Irina Muro, 28 years old, and New Tango, 20-year-old KWPN gelding.

Patricia Ferrando, 29 years old, and Alpha’s Why Not, 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Alejandro Gomez, 54 years old, and Zalvador, 11-year-old KWPN gelding.

Individuals

Bermuda–Small Tour-Virginia McKey, 44 years old, and Wolkenglanz, 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding,

Dominican Republic–Big Tour –Yvonne Losos de Muñiz, 47 years old, and Foco Loco W, 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding.

Dominican Republic–Small Tour –Yvonne Losos de Muñiz, 47 years old, and Urban, 14-year-old KWPN gelding.

Ecuador–Small Tour – Julio Mendoza Loor, 36 years old, and Chardonnay, 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding.

Honduras-Small Tour-Karen Atala, 48 years old, and Weissenfels, 14-year-old Westfalen gelding.

Puerto Rico — Small Tour – Luis Reteguiz Denizard, 48 years old, and Royal Affair, 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding.

Uruguay–Big Tour-José Ramón Beca Borrego, 62 years old, and Zaire, 11-year-old Lusitano gelding.

The ground jury is Elizabeth McMullen of Canada, Maribel Alonso of Mexico Lilo Fore of USA, Stephen Clarke of Great Britain and Hans-Christian Matthiesen of Denmark.

Format of the competition is:

Team
Prix St. Georges and Intermediate 1
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special
(An extra 1.5 percentage points will be added to each of the Grand Prix level scores.)

Individual
Intermediate Freestyle
Grand Prix Freestyle
(No bonus points will be allocated to Grand Prix combinations.)

Toronto will be the 17th Pan Ams that are held once every four years with the first event in Buenos Aires in 1951.

The United States has dominated Pan Am equestrian sports, taking dressage team gold for the past four straight Games and in Guadalajara in 2011 a sweep of all three individual medals that was permitted for the first time.

Mexico won team gold at Buenos Aires in 1995, the last nation other than the United States to win the Nations Cup.