The U.S. Equestrian Federation’s Eventing High Performance Committee has approved the following horse and rider combinations for the Eventing Winter Training List. These riders will have the opportunity to train with Chef d’Equipe, Capt. Mark Phillips and Laura Kraut, a member of the U.S. Show Jumping Team, in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.
 
The winter training sessions are an opportunity for riders to fine tune skills. Some of the riders on this winter training list may receive USEF training grants to aid in their preparations for the Olympics and other future international championships.
 
The riders on the “A Squad” include:

• Kristin Bachman, Lovettsville, Va., with her own Gryffindor, a 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

• Stephen Bradley, Leesburg, Va., with Charlotte Harris’ From, a 14-year-old Russian Thoroughbred gelding

• Heidi Carty, Aiken, S.C., with her own Northern Spy, a 14-year-old English Thoroughbred gelding

• Phillip Dutton, West Grove, Pa., with Acorn Hill Farm’s Woodburn, a 9-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred gelding

• Phillip Dutton, with Ann Jones and Shannon Stimson’s Truluck, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

• Phillip Dutton with Ann Jones’ The Foreman, an 11-year-old Throughbred gelding

• Gina Miles, Creston, Calif., with Thomas Schulz and Laura Coats’ McKinlaigh, a 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

• Bonnie Mosser, Unionville, Pa., with her own Merloch, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred cross gelding                      

• Karen O’Connor, The Plains, Va., with The Theodore O’Connor Syndicate’s Theodore O’Connor, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred-Shetland-Arab gelding

• Karen O’Connor with Joan Goswell’s Mandiba, and 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

• Karen O’Connor with Jacqueline Mars’ Hugh Knows, an 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

• Amy Tryon, Duvall, Wash., with Mark Hart’s Poggio II, a 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

 
The riders on the “B Squad” include:
 

• Laine Ashker, Crozier, Va., with her own Frodo Baggins, a 12-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred gelding

• Stephen Bradley with Southern Edition Farm’s Brandenburg’s Joshua, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

• Jan Byyny, Purcellville, Va., with Jan, Jo and Richard Byyny’s Syd Kent, a 9-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred gelding

• Darren Chiacchia, Ocala, Fla., with Adrienne Iorio’s Better I Do It, a 14-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding

• Darren Chiacchia with Timothy Holekamp’s Windfall 2, a 15-year-old Trakehner stallion

• Mara Dean, Round Hill, Va., with Irish Oaks Farm’s High Patriot, a 9-year-old Oldenburg gelding

• Will Faudree, Southern Pines, N.C., with his own Antigua, an 18-year-old Australian Thoroughbred gelding

• Jon Holling, Ocala, Fla., with Janet Olsen’s Direct Merger, an 11-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

• Clark Montgomery, Bryan, Texas, with Carol Montgomery’s Up Spirit, an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

• Kim Severson, Keene, Va., with Elizabeth Wacthmeister’s Tipperary Liadhnan, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding

• Allison Springer, Marshall, Va., with her own Arthur, an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse cross gelding

• Amy Tryon with Kathryn Sullivan’s Coal Creek, a 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

• Amy Tryon with Elisabeth Nicholson’s Leyland, a 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding

• Jennifer Wooten, Buellton, Calif., with Daisy Tognazzini’s The Good Witch, an 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare