The
following is re-printed from The Chronicle of the Horse December
28, 2007.. The
US Equestrian Federation's High Performance Committee announced that these horse
and rider combinations may participate in the 2008 Developing Riders Program.
World Equestrian Games Individual Bronze Medalist Amy Tryon will instruct them. The
Developing Riders Program is available to riders of any age who aspire to compete
at the highest levels of the sport. To qualify, each horse/rider combination must
have completed a CCI** or above. Precedence
is given to riders without prior team experience. Riders selected to participate
in these training sessions will become eligible for the Amanda Warrington Fund
Grand. This $5,000 grant will be awarded in the summer to a rider recommended
by Tryon and approved by the Amanda Warrington Fund Grant Committee. The
following twenty-six riders include: Laine
Ashker, Crozier, Va with her own Anthony Patch, an 8-year-old Thoroughbred
gelding. Andrea
Baxter, Atascadero, Calif. with her own Estrella, an 8-year-old Thoroughbred-Westphalian
mare. Madeline
Blackman,
Ringoes, NJ, with her own Gordonstown, Irish Sport Horse gelding. Jennie
Brannigan, San Diego, Calif., with her own Cooper, a 6-year-old Dutch Warmblood
gelding. Anne
Carr, Battle Ground, Wash., with her own Safari, an 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood
gelding. Nate
Chambers, Vienna, Va, with his own Rolling Stone, an 11-year-old Hessian gelding. Barbara
Crabo, Scottsdale, Aiuz., with her own Belmont, a 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood
gelding. Kate
Ditchey, Unionville, PA,with her own Belmont, a 12-year-old  Thoroughbred
gelding. (Kate and Belmont are pictured at the right at Jersey Fresh in 2007.) Melissa
Hunsberger, Purcellville, VA, with her own Expedience, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred
mare. Lauren
Kieffer, Mount Carmel IL, with David O'Connor's Tigger Too, a 16-year-old
Thoroughbred gelding. Cayla
Kitayama, Orinda, Calif., with hern own Esker Riada, a 15-year-old Irish Sport
Horse gelding. David
Koss, Hailey, Idaho, with Vicky Koss' Ben Cruise, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred
gelding. Emilee
Libby, Sussex, NJ, with Emilee and Linda Libby's Cahir, an 11-year-old Irish
Sport Horse gelding. Jennifer
Libby, Sussex, NJ, with Jennifer and Linda Libby's Jazz King, an 8-year-old
Thoroughbred cross gelding. India
McEvoy, Newark, Del., with her own Jumbo's Jake, a 9-year-old Irish Sport
Horse gelding. Leigh
Mesher, Redmond, Wash., with her own Mar de Amour, a 7-year-old Selle Francais
gelding.
Sara Mittleider, Kuna, Idaho, with her own El Primero,
a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding.
Dornin North, Bluemont VA, with
her own Lion Display, an 11 year old Irish Thoroughbred gelding. Kelly
Prather, Bodega, Calif., with Andrea Pfeiffer's Ballankill Glory, an 8-year
old Irish Sport Horse gelding. Jolie
Sexton, Martinez, Calif., with Tracy Bowman's Killian O'Connor, a 9-year-old
Selle Francais- Irish Sport Horse gelding.
Mary Bess Sigman, Covington,
GA, with Cathy and Mike Sigman's Glen Morangie, an 8-year-old Thoroughbred gelding.  Tamra
Smith, Hemet, Calif., with Gloria Nurge's Gem Dandy, a 12-year-old Oldenburg
gelding.
Tory
Smith, Camarillo, Calif., with her own Bantry Bay, a 9 year old Irish Sport
Horse gelding. Kelly
Suit, Erie, PA, with her own Hollywood, a 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding.
Dana
Widstrand, Napierville, IL, with her own Relentless Pursuit, an 11-year-old
Thoroughbred gelding.
Sharon White, Summit Point, W. VA, with Peter
Barry's The King's Spirit, a 9-year-old English Thoroughbred cross mare and Kristen
Pratt's Ronaldo, a 13-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred gelding. (Sharon and
The King's Spirit are pictured at the left above.) |
