The U.S. Equestrian Federation has named an additional combination for the team at the Aachen CICO***, held in Aachen, Germany, Aug. 12-14. The United States has now been invited to send a full team of four athlete-and-horse combinations.

The following combination has been named as the fourth member of the U.S. Eventing Team:

Colleen Rutledge (Frederick, Md.) and her own Covert Rights, a 9-year-old Thoroughbred-cross gelding

Rutledge joins (in ranked order):

Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.) and Thomas Tierney and Simon Roosevelt’s Fernhill Cubalawn, a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding

Lauren Kieffer (Ocala, Fla.) and Team Rebecca LLC’s Veronica, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare

Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.) and The Donner Syndicate LLC’s Donner, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

Dutton and Kieffer have been awarded, through the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation, Karen E. Stives Endowment Fund for High Performance Eventing Competition Grants. Symansky has been awarded a Land Rover USEF Competition Grant. Rutledge has been awarded a Jacqueline B. Mars Competition Grant, through the USET Foundation.