The. U.S. Equestrian Federation named the short list for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team. The short list will compete in designated observation events throughout the summer.

The following horse-and-athlete combinations have been named to the short list (in alphabetical order):

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

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

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

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

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

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

Steffen Peters (San Diego) with Four Winds Farm’s Rosamunde, an 11-year-old Rheinlander mare, and Four Winds Farm’s Suppenkasper, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding

Sabine Schut-Kery (Thousand Oaks, California) with Alice Womble’s Sanceo, a 12-year-old Hanoverian stallion

Combinations will be required to compete in a minimum of two of the following observation events: Compiegne CDIO5*/CDI3* (France), Rotterdam CDIO5*/CDI3* (the Netherlands), Leudelange CDI4* (Luxembourg) and the Aachen CDIO5*/CDI4* (Germany) will be mandatory. The selection procedures can be found here.