USA Elite, Pre-Elite Squads Updated Heading into Olympic Year
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Dec. 18, 2020
The United States Elite and Pre-Elite squads have been updated by the U.S. Equestrian Federation heading into the Olympic year.
The squads–that will be updated throughout 2021–are:
ELITE
Katherine Bateson-Chandler, 45, of Wellington, Florida and Alcazar, 15-year-old KWPN gelding, owned by Jane Clark
Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, 37, of Haymarket, Virginia and Lonoir, 16-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Olivia and Mary Anne McPhail
Adrienne Lyle, 35, of Wellington, Florida, and Salvino, 13-year-old Hanoverian stallion, owned by Betsy Juliano LLC
Adrienne Lyle and Harmony’s Duval, 12-year-old KWPN gelding, owned by Duval Partners LLC
Steffen Peters, 56, of San Diego, California, and Suppenkasper, 12-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Akiko Yamazaki, Four Winds Farm
Sabine Schut-Kery, 52, of Thousand Oaks, California, and Sanceo, 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion, owned by Alice Womble
PRE-ELITE
Charlotte Jorst, 56, of Reno, Nevada, and Kastel’s Nintendo, 17-year-old KWPN stallion, owned by Kastel Denmark
Jennifer Schrader-Williams, 40, of Roy, Washington, and Millione, 17-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Millione Partners LLC
Nick Wagman, 47, of San Diego, California, and Don John, 12-year-old KWPN gelding, owned byBeverly Gepfer
The lists are based on past performances to identify combinations eligible for assistance in training and support.
Early focus to select combinations for consideration for the American team for the Tokyo Olympics will be during winter at the Global Dressage Festival of seven international events in Wellington, Florida and one at Temecula, California followed by qualifiers in April in Sacramento, California; Ocala, Florida and Tryon, North Carolina.
There is uncertainty over competitions in Europe before the Games at the end of July. A European competition swing was planned prior to the pandemic to select the team of three combinations plus a reserve, but then canceled.
