Beezie Madden and Cortes C taken earlier this year.

Lexington, KY – The following horse-and-rider combinations have been named by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) to represent the U.S. at CSIO5* Barcelona in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final in Barcelona, Spain, September 26-29, 2013.The following combinations will represent the U.S. in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona at the CSIO5* Barcelona:Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, NY) will ride Abigail Wexner’s Cortes ‘C’ and SimonCortes ‘C’ is a 2002 Belgian Warmblood geldingSimon is a 1999 Dutch Warmblood gelding   Reed Kessler (Lexington, KY) on her own CylanaCylana is a 2002 Belgian Warmblood mare McLain Ward (Brewster, NY) will ride Sagamore Farms’ RothchildRothchild is 2001 Warmblood geldingLaura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, FL) on Cherry Knoll Farm, Inc.’s CedricCedric is a 1998 Holsteiner geldingLucy Davis (Los Angeles, CA) will ride Old Oak Farm’s BarronBarron is a 2004 Belgian Warmblood geldingRobert Ridland will serve as Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. team at the CSIO5* Barcelona.   The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final is an inaugural event where the best 19 Teams in the world will compete. The U.S. qualified by winning the North American League. To learn more about the CSIO5* Barcelona visit; http://www.csiobarcelona.com/esp/index.asp To learn more about the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Series visit; http://fei.org/fei/events/fei-nations-cup-series/furusiyya