White Withdraws Northern Spy; O’Connor and Mandiba Named to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in Eventing
RELEASE: July 29, 2008
AUTHOR/ADMINISTRATOR: By Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY - Heidi White has withdrawn Northern Spy from the U.S. Olympic Team in eventing for veterinary reasons. Following the selection procedures, the USEF named replacement horse-and-rider combination Karen O’Connor/Mandiba to the U.S. Olympic Team in eventing.
This will be O’Connor’s fourth Olympic Games.
The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the 2008 US Olympic Team in Eventing:
Rider/Age/Hometown/Horse/Age/Breed/Sex/Owner (in alphabetical order):
Phillip Dutton/44/West Grove, PA/Connaught/15/Irish Sport Horse/G/Bruce Duchossois
Becky Holder/39/Mendota Heights, MN/Courageous Comet/12/Thoroughbred/G/Becky and Thomas Holder, Jr.
Gina Miles/34/Creston, CA/McKinlaigh/14/Irish Sport Horse/Gina Miles, Laura Coats and Thomas Schulz
Karen O'Connor/50/The Plains, VA/Mandiba/9/Irish Thoroughbred/G/Joan Goswell
Amy Tryon/38/Duvall, WA/Poggio II/16/Thoroughbred/G/Amy and Greg Tryon and Mark Hart
Replacements in alphabetical order:
Bruce Davidson, Jr./32/ Ocala, FL/BallyNoe Castle RM/8/Irish Thoroughbred/G/Carl and Cassandra Segal
Phillip Dutton/44/West Grove, PA/Woodburn/13/Thoroughbred/G/Acorn Hill Farm
Bonnie Mosser/45/Gordonsville, VA/Merloch/11/New Zealand Thoroughbred Cross/G/Bonnie Mosser and Margaret Egan
The horses in the U.S. will ship to Hong Kong for the Olympic Games on July 30.
ENDS
Please see www.usef.org for complete selection procedures.
For information regarding selection, please contact Sara Ike, Managing Director of Eventing at sara.ike@usef.org.
For media requests, please contact Joanie Morris, High Performance Communications Manager at jmorris@usef.org.