US names endurance team, Aust makes substitute

Former the world endurance champion Valerie Kanavy has been named equally minute alternate on the U.S. of A. squad for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inwards Normandy, but her anglo-arab mare My Wild Irish Gaelic Gold will demeanour the Kanavy flag nether passenger Kelsey Russell.

Kanavy, 68, who won private the world entitle titles in1994 as well as 1998,  has been named amid the U.S. of A. team’s four alternates.

The next combinations accept been named past times the U.S. of A. Equestrian Federation, (in alphabetical order):

• Ellen Olson (La Motte, Iowa) as well as Farzad Faryadi’s Hot Desert Knight (2000 Arabian gelding)
• Heather Reynolds (Dunnellon, Fla.) as well as her ain Chanses (2005 Arabian gelding)
• Jeremy Reynolds (Dunnellon, Fla.) as well as his ain RR Gold Dust Rising (2006 Arabian gelding)
• Kelsey Russell (Williston, Fla.) as well as Valerie Kanavy’s My Wild Irish Gaelic Gold (2003 Anglo Arab mare)
• Dr. Margaret Sleeper (Frenchtown, N.J.) as well as her ain Syrocco Reveille (2000 Arabian mare)

The alternates, inwards ranked order, are:

• Jeremy Olson (La Motte, Iowa) as well as Amy Wallace-Whelan’s Wallace Hill Shade (2002 Half-Arabian gelding)
• Valerie Kanavy (Fort Valley, Va.) amongst her ain Just Gold ( 2005 Arabian gelding)
• Lisanne Dorion (Williston, Fla.) amongst her ain SH Sur Trad (2004 Arabian gelding)
• Melody Blittersdorf (Jeffersonville, Vt.) amongst her ain Synthetic (2000 Arabian gelding)

• Australian endurance passenger Ben Hudson has been forced to take Oso Edith from the country’s WEG team.

Hudson, 21, as well as Oso Edith’s owners made the conclusion to take the eight-year-old mare next discussions amongst the squad vet.

Trainer Amanda Kettlewell said it was a hard fourth dimension exactly the horse’s welfare remained the team’s priority.

“Right from the origin of this amazing journeying viii months agone I accept ever said that if our Equus caballus is non 110% to larn overseas as well as correspond Commonwealth of Australia she would non larn on the plane.

“Sadly this has been the illustration exactly the welfare of our Equus caballus is paramount along amongst the success of the Australian team,” she saidl.

The reserve combination of Sarah McLaughlin as well as Tonki Dee Boo Shania volition locomote amongst the other Australian based horses, who operate out the solid soil today.

The 5 fellow member squad is to go captained past times three-time WEG representative Penny Toft, who was business office of the Australian squad which won bronze at the 2002 Jerez Games. She volition ride Centre Fold te, as well as has Charlotte te equally a reserve horse. Her daughter, Alexandra, 19, has too been named on the squad amongst Dream Dancer te, along amongst Jennifer Annetts (Castlebar Contraband) as well as Sasha Laws-King (Qacima Du Sauveterre).

 

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