Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the following drivers to represent the United States at the 2011 FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Lipica, Slovenia September 21-25, 2011.

The following drivers will compete on the Team: Single Pony Championship

• Miranda Cadwell (Southern Pines, NC) will drive her own Kabam
• Shelly Temple (Aiken, SC) will drive her own LR Ami B-Line

Pair Pony Championship

• Jennifer Matheson (Aiken, SC) will drive Katrina Becker’s Cees, Dannyloo and Topper
• Wendy O’Brien (Aiken, SC) will drive her own Avalon 279, Ben 65 and Francisco 7

Team Pony Championship

• Laurie Astegiano (Rousssac, France) will drive her own Liezelhof Dave, Mastro’s Baroness, Templedruid Kronos, Templeruid St. Jerneborg and Timmy 97
• Allison Stroud (Unionville, PA) will drive her own Cong Donal, Kilkerin, Edward, Mosby, Mystic and Sir Patrick

The following driver will compete as an Individual: Single Pony Championship

• Suzy Stafford (Wilmington, DE) will drive her own and Beth Steinke’s Josephine

Chester Weber will serve as the Chef d’Equipe and Michael Freund will serve as coach. U.S. Coverage will be available here: http://www.usefnetwork.com/coverage/archives.aspxPhoto:  Suzy Stafford taken in July 2011.More information is available here: http://www.lipica.org/en/enter-page/305?id=113