Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Fugitive. Photo by Jenni Autry.

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived: the USEF has just named the team members and alternates for the 2015 Pan American Games, to be held in July in Toronto. With Team USA’s Olympic qualifications on the line for 2016, the selectors had a job envied by none in naming this team on which many hopes will be pinned. To that end, here are your 2015 Pan American team members for the United States:

Phillip Duttonand Tom Tierney and Simon Roosevelt’s Fernhill Cubalawn or Tom Tierney and Annie Jones’ Fernhill Fugitive

Fernhill Cubalawn is a 2003 Holsteiner gelding Fernhill Fugitive is a 2005 Irish Sport Horse geldingLauren Kieffer and Marie Le Menestrel’s Meadowbrook’s ScarlettMeadowbrook’s Scarlett is a 2007 Thoroughbred cross mare Marilyn Little and Raylyn Farm Inc. and Phoebe and Michael Manders’ RF ScandalousRF Scandalous is a 2005 Oldenburg mareBoyd Martin and the Pancho Villa Syndicate’s Pancho VillaPancho Villa is a 2003 Selle Francais geldingThe alternates are as follows:Jennie Brannigan and Nina Gardner’s CambaldaCambalda is a 2002 Thoroughbred cross geldingMatt Brown and the Blossom Creek Foundation’s BCF BelicosoBCF Belicoso is a 2006 Irish Sport Horse geldingWill Faudree and Jennifer Mosing and Sterling Silver Stables’ PfunPfun is a 2007 Irish Sport Horse geldingLauren Kieffer and Jacqueline Mars’ VermiculusVermiculus is a 2007 Anglo-Arabian geldingMichael Pollard and Carl, Nicolas and Stanislas Bouckaert’s Cyrano ZCyrano is a 2001 Zangersheide geldingTamie Smith and Alex Ahearn’s Mai BaumMai Baum is a 2006 German Sport Horse geldingAs per the usual with big announcements such as these, there are plenty of surprises as well as no-brainers on the roster. Final team veterinary evaluations were performed on all horses this week, which certainly plays into the decision making process for any team scenario.We’ll have an in-depth analysis of the Pan Am team coming your way shortly, so keep it locked right here for all of the latest Pan Ams coverage. In the meantime, here’s a rare sighting of David O’Connor as he names the team he’ll be taking to Toronto with him.Go Team USA.