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Lexington, KY – Following a series of 17 qualifiers that spanned the globe, five American eventing riders will represent the United States at the 2005 FEI Eventing World Cup Final in Malmö, Sweden, August 11-14.

The riders, listed in alphabetical order, are as follows:

Robyn Fisher, of West Hills, California, with Le Samurai (1995 Holsteiner Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Robyn Fisher).

Jessica Heidemann, of Bellingham, Washington, with French Twist (1991 Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Jessica Heidemann).

Jan Thompson, of Purcellville, Virginia, with Task Force (1991 Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Dr. and Mrs. Richard Byyny). (Jan and Task Force are pictured at the right jumping one of the ducks in the Head of the Lake at Rolex-Kentucky, where they f nised sixth last spring.)

Heidi White, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with Northern Spy (1993 English Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Heidi J. White). (Heidi and Northern Spy are pictured at the left below jumping off the Little Badminton Drop at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials where they finished 10th last May.)

Lauren Whitlock, of Lafayette, California, with Kipling (1993 Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Robyn Whitlock).

Riders were only required to compete in one of the 17 qualifying competitions, though some competed in more than one, adding additional points to their standings. The highest placed U.S. rider going into the 2005 FEI Eventing World Cup Final is Robyn Fisher with 107 points. To review the complete list of standings, log on to www.horsesport.org, click on eventing, results, and then standings.

For more information, please contact Sarah Lane, Public Relations Manager, on (859) 225-6974 or via e-mail at slane@usef.org. USEF press releases can be found on our website, www.usef.org.

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Malmö City International Horse Show

Complete List of entries for the World Cup Final CIC***

AUSTRALIA:

Olivia Bunn
Phillip Dutton - Phillip rides Shannon Stimson's 14 year old Thoroughbred gelding Nova Top who recently placed fourth at the Rolex-Kentucky CCI****. (Phillip and Nova Top are pictured at the right below jumping into the Sunken Road at Rolex-Kentucky this spring).
Clayton Fredricks
Andrew Hoy
Matt Ryan

BELGIUM:

Karin Donckers - Karen placed third in the 2004 World Cup Final riding Gormley.
Carl Bouckaert

BELORUS:
Viachaslau Poita
Alena Tseliapushkina

BRAZIL:

Raul Senna

CANADA:

Hawley Bennett

DENMARK:

Peter Flaarup

FINLAND:

Piia Pantsu

FRANCE:

Rodolphe Scherer
Bruno Bouvier - (Bruno is pictured at the right on Harry, jumping into the lake at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials last spring.)
Thierry Meyssonnier
Pascal Leroy
Dennis Mesples

GREAT BRITAIN:

Ruth Edge SCRATCH (8/10/05)
William Fox-Pitt
Miranda Carey
Julie Tew
Beanie Hughes

GERMANY:

Andreas Dibowski SCRATCH (8/10/05)
Michael Jung SCRATCH (8/10/05)
Simone Dietermann
Andreas Ostholt
Kai Rüder
Nicole Grimm
Bodo Battenberg

POLAND:

Artur Spolowicz
Pavel Spisak

SWEDEN:

Linda Algotsson - Linda has won both FEI World Cup Finals held thus far. She won in Pau, France, in 2003, riding Stand By Me, and again in Pau, France, in 2004, with My Fair Lady.
Sara Algotsson
Viktoria Carlerbäck
Magnus Gällerdal
Tobias Grönberg
Dag Albert

USA: (Details of the Americans Entered Appear Above.)

Robyn Fisher
Jessica Heidemann
Lauren Whitlock
Jan Thomson
Heidi White

43 entries as of August 3, 2005