Lexington, KY- Land Rover and the USEF awarded the Land Rover US Eventing Team High Performance-listed riders a total of $33,500 in spring training grants for 2012. Sixteen athlete/horse combinations based across the country (and in Europe) received grants to offset training costs throughout the early part of 2012. 

Several of these combinations have or will be spending time in Wellington, FL, honing their dressage and jumping skills with some of the best trainers in those disciplines. They are preparing for the spring season and ultimately vying for selection for the 2012 Olympic Games. The following riders received grants (in alphabetical order):Name (hometown) and Owner, HorseHannah Sue Burnett (The Plains, VA) and Jacqueline Mars’ Harbour PilotJan Byyny (Purceville, VA) and her own and Richard and Jo Byyny’s Inmidair                    Will Coleman (Charlottesville, VA) and Jim Wildasin’s Twizzel      Tiana Coudray (Ojai, CA) and Jaital Inc.’s Ringwood Magister      Buck Davidson (Ocala, FL) and Sharon Will’s Absolute Liberty, Carl and Cassandra Segal’s BallyNoe Castle RM and Sherrie Martin’s The Apprentice                              Phillip Dutton (West Grove, PA) and Team Rebecca LLC’s Ben, Bruce Duchossios’ Mighty Nice,  Nina and Tim Gardner’s William PennWill Faudree (Hoffman, NC) and Jennifer Mosing’s Pawlow        Sinead Halpin (Oldwick, NJ) and Carriag, LLC’s Manior De Carneville                         Becky Holder (Palmetto, GA) and Melissa and Phil Town and Tom Holder’s Can’t Fire Me                             Shannon Lilley (Gilroy, CA) and The Lilley Group’s Ballingowan Pizazz                      Marilyn Little-Meredith (Frederick, MD) and Raylyn Farm’s RF Rovano RexBoyd Martin (Cochranville, PA) and The Neville Bardos Syndicate’s Neville Bardos, The Otis Barbotiere Syndocate’s Otis Barbotiere and his own and Faye Woolfe’s Ying Yang Yo                               Clark Montgomery (Fairburn, GA) and Holly Becker, Kathryn Kraft and Jessica Montgomery’s Loughan GlenKaren O’Connor (The Plains, VA) and the Mr Medicott Syndicate’s Mr MedicottJulian Stiller (Thatcham, Berkshire) and her own and Jules Delvecchio’s Chapel AmbleJolie Wentworth (Martinez, CA) and Tracy Bowman’s Good KnightThe list of training sessions and Selection Trials is available here:  http://www.usefnetwork.com/news/8002/2012/1/23/2012_land_rover_us_eventing_team.aspx