The Jersey Fresh International three-day event at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown is on the list of potential selection trials for the U.S. team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. That would include this year’s competition May 8-12 and the 2020 competition.
U..S. team regular Boyd Martin, seen here riding Kyra at the 2018 Jersey Fresh International, competes annually at the Horse Park event and is hoping to go to Tokyo 2020. (Photo©2018 by Nancy Jaffer)
Jersey Fresh, where the cross-country course has been designed by former U.S. coach Mark Phillips, has often been used as a selection trial for the Olympics and the WEG. The final list of trials will be published in the official team selection procedures for Tokyo.
While the U.S. qualified its show jumping and dressage teams for Tokyo at the 2018 World Equestrian Games, eventing has yet to qualify for the Games and is seeking to do that at the Pan American Games this summer.
The prestigious events that also are on the list of potential trials include several 5-star (formerly 4-star) events: Land Rover Kentucky; Badminton and Burghley in England and Luhmuhlen event in Germany