Steffen Peters and Legolas are ranked #1 going into the WEG Selection Trails (Photo © Astrid Appels)

Lexington, Ky.- The United States Equestrian Federation has updated the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2014 Rotterdam CDIO5* taking place during the CHIO Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 18-22. Catherine Haddad-Staller has been added to the team, and Devon Kane has withdrawn Diamante Farms’ Destiny for veterinary reasons. Haddad-Staller (Wellington, Fla.) will ride her own Mane Stream Hotmail. Mane Stream Hotmail is a 2002 Oldenburg gelding. Haddad-Staller has represented the U.S. at two FEI World Cup Finals and competed extensively in Europe while living in Germany for 20 years. In 2013, she rode Mane Stream Hotmail to a second-place finish in the Grand Prix Special CDI-W at Dressage at Devon. This year, the pair won the Grand Prix during weeks one and five of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. She will join Susie Dutta and Brian Hafner on the U.S. team in Rotterdam where the U.S. will also be represented by Mackinzie Pooley in the CDI-U25 competition.The horse-and-rider combinations that make the WEG short list at the Festival will travel to Europe after The 2014 Festival of Champions that will be held 12 – 15 June in Gladstone, NJ. and train out of the U.S. Training Camp at De Begijnhoeve in Belgium until the horses move to the Games venue in Normandy, France on August 21.The top 15 includes    1. Steffen Peters – Legolas – 74.892    2. Guenter Seidel – Wylea – 72.777    3. Jan Ebelin – Rafalca – 71.515    4. Adrienne Lyle – Wizard – 71.227    5. Shelly Francis – Doktor – 70.725    6. Tina Konyot – Calecto V – 70.384    7. Caroline Roffman – Her Highness O – 70.127    8. Kathleen Raine – Breanna – 69.542    9. Charlotte Jorst – Nintendo – 69.532    10. Katherine Bateson Chandler – Wellnetta – 69.370    11. Arlene Page – Alina – 69.362    12. Cesar Parra – Van the Man – 68.948    13. Catherine Haddad Staller – Hotmail – 68.600    14. Lisa Wilcox – Denzello – 68.513    15. Brian Hafner – Lombardo LHF – 67.429For the Intermediaire I Championships, the following riders are placed in the top 15 and invited to compete at the National Championships    1. Steffen Peters – Rosamunde – 74.225    2. Steffen Peters – Apassionata – 71.815    3. Chris Hickey – Ronaldo- 71.382    4. Kimberly Herslow – Rosmarin – 71.151    4. Olivia Lagoy Weltz – Rassing’s Lonoir – 71.151    6. Heather Mason – Zar – 70.546    7. Elizabeth Ball – Avanti – 70.011    8. Dawn White O Connor – Aristo – 69.846    9. Charlotte Jorst – Vitalis – 69.755    10. Nick Wagman – Zenith – 69.240    11. Silva Martin – Rosa Cha W – 68.444    12. Alix Szepesi – Majco Thunder’s Hattrick – 68.427    13. Kasey Perry – Gorklintgaards Dublet – 67.427    14. Allison Nimmo Dechant – Rufus – 67.434    15. Melissa Jackson – Whirlpool – 67.003The complete rankings can be viewed here: Grand Prix – Intermediaire ILearn more about the U.S. riders competing at CDIO5* Rotterdam here.To learn more about CHIO Rotterdam visit http://www.chio.nl/.Follow the U.S. Dressage Team here.