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Apr 14, 2023
US Equestrian Announces Eventing Athletes for 2023 European Development Tour
Lexington, KY —April 14— US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected for the U.S. Eventing European Development Tour for the summer of 2023.
The following combinations are listed in alphabetical order:
- Jenny Caras (Buckhead, Ga.) and Trendy Fernhill (ARS Vivendi x Cruising Girl), a 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Elyse Eisenberg
- Andrew McConnon (Vass, N.C.) and Ferrie’s Cello (Chello III VDL x Karelza), a 11-year-old Warmblood gelding owned by Jeanne Shigo
- Caroline Pamukcu (Miami Beach, Fla.) and HSH Blake (Tolan R x Doughiska Lass), an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Caroline Pamukcu, Sherrie Martin, and Mollie Hoff
- Cassie Sanger (Lakeville, Conn.) and Fernhill Zoro (Verdi x Orania Z), her own 15-year-old Anglo European gelding
The following combinations have been selected as alternates and are listed in ranked order:
- Mia Farley (Ocala, Fla.) and BGS Firecracker (Capitilist x Emmas Courage), her own 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare
- Mia Farley and Phelps, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by David O’Connor
- James Alliston (San Ramon, Calif.) and Nemesis (Novalis 46 x Maesy), a 9-year-old Canadian Warmblood gelding owned by Alliston Equestrian
- Allie Knowles (Lexington, Ky.) and Morswood (Richardo Z x Princess in Arms), a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Katherine O’Brien
The selected athletes will compete in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Poland CCIO4*-NC-S at the Strzegom (POL) Horse Trials, June 21-25, 2023, under the direction of USEF Eventing Emerging and Development Coach Leslie Law. The athletes will also attend CHIO Aachen (GER), June 30-July 1, 2023, to observe the competition. The Tour participants will receive funding through USEF, and the USET Foundation thanks to the Karen E. Stives Endowment.
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Profile
“And again, and again, and again”: Knowing When to Come Again and When to Switch Up an Exercise
The great football coach Vince Lombardi said, “We win our games in practice.” With the goal of having the most effective practices possible for horses, their riders, and their coaches, Cathy Wieschhoff explains some signs that can indicate when horse and rider should repeat an exercise, switch it up, or be done with that activity. Wieschhoff brings perspective as a five-star rider that has competed at the Kentucky Three-Day Event and Burghley Horse Trials, a USEF “R” Course Designer for eventing cross-country and show jumping, a former Area VIII chair and member of the USEA Board of Governors, and a Level V USEA ECP Certified Coach based out of Carriage Station Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
