US Drivers Headed For Le Pin, France – 2022 FEI Driving World Championships For Single Horses Now Underway

Thursday, September 15, 2022 | Posted by Mary Phelps

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The Land Rover U.S. Driving Team athletes and horses are headed to Haras du Pin (France) with the for the FEI World Driving Championships for Single Horses, September 14-18, 2022. For the US Single Driver, this has been a year of reckoning, when in 2020 their efforts were thwarted by the fallout and complications of the COVID Travel restrictions. 

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Former World Champion Gold Medalist Suzy Stafford has been appointed team coach, with Dee Aldrich as Chef’ D’Equipe. Follow us on at our Le Pin link above as results, photos and reports are added.

Update to the athletes attending the FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses
Please note links provided to their fundraising pages.

The following combinations are attending as individuals and are listed in ranked alternate order.

  • Leslie Berndl (Lexington, Ky.) and Impressive, her own 2013 Dutch Warmblood gelding
  • Donna Crookston (Saltsburg, Pa.) and Viktor, her own 2008 Dutch Harness gelding
  • Vernon Helmuth (Lodi, Calif.) and Ebony VDK, a 2009 KWPN mare owned by Sebastian Warneck

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