WEG: 6 U.S. event riders have been chosen to compete at the WEG!!

[gahawkeye]

Update on USEA Website??

Can someone explain the Aug 19th update on the USEA website? Is it just updates on videos, or are these the named team/individuals for WEG? It is a little different than previously announced!

Team (Alphabetically)

Will Faudree, Antigua (manditory outing video)
Kim Severson, Winsome Adante (manditory outing video)
Amy Tryon, Poggio II (no video)
Heidi White, Northern Spy (manditory outing video)

Individuals (Alphabetically)

Jan Byyny, Task Force (manditory outing video)

Karen O’Connor, Upstage (manditory outing video)

[ottb_dressage]

i don’t know, but i am curious about stephen and bonnie. hope their horses are ok!

[Ellie_K]

Definite Entries were due Aug 17, so I can’t remember what all exactly was published before, but these would be the actual final determinations of the teams and/or individuals each country was required to submit Aug. 17. Before that, they only had to submit a list of X number of combinations from which their team and/or individuals plus any possible alternates would be selected.

[Kahuna]

Me too. I wonder what happened?

[Shrapnel]

TEAM USA = SUCKS! :no:

I guess I’m an individual fan now. GO KAREN AND JAN!!!

[CookiePony]

How cool are those videos?

[Carol_Ames]

blogging theh WEG?

Isanyone blogging theWEG? There was a diary ( No blogs bck then during Sydney!:winkgrin: Kept us updated wih allth ins, and outs ofthe trip:D

[Carol_Ames]

Where

Where are the videos? I loked ed at the website, but, could not find them.Directions, please

[Carol_Ames]

Where???

Where are the videos? I loked ed at the website, but, could not find them.Directions, please

[Carol_Ames]

Where???

Where are the videos? I loked ed at the website, but, could not find them.Directions, please

[InVA]

All I can imagine is that Upstage must be EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY sound compared to the other horses.

[bridlewise]

@witchy_brown

Yes, but Jenga is one of the soundess horses there. And Will/Stephen may have more **** experience, but Bonnie/Jenga have a much better recored in the dressage/stadium as well as no issues XC (with the exception of some time)

I dont know her personally, but rather someone who trains with her, and from what they have told me, the decisions were in a sense “made” before the riders even left the US. Apparently that is what is so upsetting about the situation. Why spend all that $$ to go over ‘the pond’ when they could have told you 4 weeks earlier that you werent in contention for a spot. Now she is stuck footing the $30,000++ bill.

Sorry for the semi-rant. Im just very upset by the choices. No doubt it is a good team and they will do very well at WEG, but Bonnie has come sooooooo close on many different times, always missing a spot. I was really rooting for her.

Does anyone know for-sure if soundness was what kept Becky off the team? I was really rooting for her, as well.

Hopefully those two will go to Burghley and kick some butt. Proving what the selectors missed :yes: :winkgrin:

Well, witchy brown, I hate to inform you that the decisions were NOT made before the horses and riders went over. Too much happens from one day to another to speculate. And Stephen would have been on the squad and perhaps, if Task Force had not gotten reinjured in England, he and Jan would have been on the team. AND the USEF gave grants to every rider to help pay for their trip, including a generous special grant from Jacqueline Mars to Sara Mitleider to be able to compete at Blenheim. Not knowing Bonnie personally yourself, I would think it would be ahrd to know whehter Jenga is “one of the soundest horses there” or to what level the soundness issue applies. And believe me, Bonnie is a big enough person, that, although assuredly a bit disappointed, she is making the most of her opportunity to go to Burghley and is enjoying a bit of sight seeing and R&R from the stress before going to Burghley and Blenheim. Where I hope she shows 'em what she’s got, not to “show the selectors what they missed”. I’m sure they know what they’ve got and what they had to forego in the decisions being made. Comet did have a soundness issue and had to prove he was ready to go on before they would send him over to do Burghley.

[Ellie_K]

@Carol Ames

Isanyone blogging theWEG? There was a diary ( No blogs bck then during Sydney!:winkgrin: Kept us updated wih allth ins, and outs ofthe trip:D

Carol,
Brian Sosby from USEF is…here’s the link:
http://www.usef.org/weg2006/

also COTH staff are having fun looks like: http://www.chronofhorse.com/index.php?cat=1132108062344524

chuckles:lol:

[lstevenson]

Does anyone know what happened to Stephen? Is Joshua injured?

[Carol_Ames]

Blog lik

Ellie K, Thanks for the blog link! I enjoyed i:yes: , and have it on my desktop!