Introducing the 2012 U.S. Olympic Dressage Team

On Saturday the following horse rider combinations were nominated for a plane ticket to London, pending final approval from the USEF:

TEAM

Steffen Peters and Four Winds Farm’s Legolas 92 OR Ravel
Tina Konyot and her own Calecto V
Jan Ebeling and Ann Romney, Beth Meyers, Amy Ebeling’s Rafalca

INDIVIDUAL

Adrienne Lyle and Peggy Thomas’ Wizard

*Click for links to selection trial videos.

The full list, ranked in order, of nominated entries:

1/3. Steffen Peters and Four Winds Farm’s Legolas 92 AND Ravel
2. Tina Konyot and her own Calecto V
4. Jan Ebeling and Ann Romney, Beth Meyers, Amy Ebeling’s Rafalca
5. Adrienne Lyle and Peggy Thomas’ Wizard
6. Todd Flettrich and Cherry Knoll Farm’s Otto
7. Heather Blitz and her own Paragon
8. Guenter Seidel and Toyon Farm’s Fandango
9. Pierre St. Jacques and his own Lucky Tiger
10. Kathleen Raine and Jennifer Mason and David Wightman’s Breanna
11. Shawna Harding and her own Come On III
12. Susan Blinks and the Minnesota Group’s Robin Hood
13. Jim Koford on Shirley McQuillan’s Rhett

Sounds like a pretty solid team to us–we expect a medal, kids. No pressure!