No surprises here (see the lead story on this website about how things shaped up after the mandatory outing). The team is Adrienne Lyle (Salvino), the winner of the Grand Prix and Special in the outing; Steffen Peters, third in the Grand Prix and second in the Special with Suppenkasper and Sabine Schut-Kery, second in the Grand Prix and third in the Special on Sanceo. ;
Nick Wagman is the traveling reserve with Don John. The team alternates, listed in order, are Olivia Lagoy-Weltz (Rassing’s Lonoir), who was fifth and seventh-place Ben Ebeling (Illuster van de Kampert). Ben is the son of Jan Ebeling, who rode Rafalca on the U.S. team in the 2012 Olympics.
Alice Tarjan of Oldwick, was sixth in both tests with Candescent, but the mare has less CDI (international competition) experience than Ben’s horse. She is, however, a nominated entry, which keeps Alice on the bench of there’s an emergency.