The U.S. Equestrian Federation has named four athlete-and-horse combinations for the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Germany and four combinations for the CDI**** at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen, July 17-22.

The Nations Cup CDIO***** and CDI**** will serve as a designated observation event for determining the 2018 The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, which will take place Sept. 11-23 in Mill Spring, North Carolina. An additional observation event will take place at Leudelange CDI**** (Luxembourg), July 3-8.

The following WEG short-listed athletes and horses will compose The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team in the Nations Cup (in alphabetical order):

Laura Graves (Geneva, Florida) and Verdades, her and Curt Maes’ 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding

Adrienne Lyle (Ketchum, Idaho) and Salvino, Betsy Juliano LLC’s 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion

Kasey Perry-Glass (Wellington, Florida) and Goerklintgaards Dublet, Diane Perry’s 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

Steffen Peters (San Diego, California) and Rosamunde, Four Winds Farm’s 11-year-old Rheinlander mare

The following WEG short-listed athletes and horses will compete in the CDI**** big tour (in alphabetical order):

Shelly Francis (Loxahatchee, Florida) and Danilo, Patricia Stempel’s 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding

Ashley Holzer (New York City) and Havanna 145, Diane Fellows’s 11-year-old Hanoverian mare

Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (Haymarket, Virginia) and Lonoir, the her and Mary Anne McPhail’s 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper, Four Winds Farm’s 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding

Information regarding The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team’s selection procedures for the 2018 WEG can be found here and a list of the designated observation events can be found here.

The U.S. will also be represented at CHIO Aachen by the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team  in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup CICO*** Aachen from July 19-21 and the NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup CSIO***** Aachen on July 19.