The competition at the International Omaha has drawn Canadian Olympian Jacquie Brooks, whose Hallelujah/Les Miserables freestyle with De Niro always brings the house down; her countrywomen, Karen Pavicic, a World Equestrian Games veteran and Evi Strasser.

Also competing for the total of $30,000 in prize money will be New Jersey-based Argentine Gabriel Armando, who is an international dressage judge, and six Americans. They include Jami Kment, a Nebraska resident who will be a local favorite. She is a U.S. Dressage Federation judge and U.S. Dressage Federation gold medalist; Floridian Anna Marek and Lauren Sprieser of Virginia, who had four top-10 placings at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Florida.

Others are Adrienne Pot of Illinois; Emily Miles of Kansas, a team bronze medalist at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships and reserve champion in the Grand Prix at the 2014 USDF national championships and adult amateur Suzie Halle of Colorado.

The test event, which runs May 5-7, also features show jumping, including the $130,000 International Grand Prix to close the competition.It will offer a look ahead to next year’s Longines FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final in the CenturyLink Center. Vendors and educational exhibits are also part of the show, presented by the Omaha Equestrian Foundation.

For information, go to internationalomaha.com.

Although Sandy was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her 40s, she never let that dim her spirit, and was very active in fundraising to fight the disease.

“She was always so positive,” friend of the family Brooke Mallin said about the trainer, who moved to Boynton Beach, Fla., after closing her farm.

Citing Sandy’s warm nature, Brooke noted that to her, “everybody was a family member.”

Sandy’s daughter, Jill Sternberg (Hymson), was second in the 1982 ASPCA Maclay finals at Madison Square Garden and Sandy was honored in 1982 by the New Jersey Professional Horsemen’s Association.

Those who wish to make a donation in her memory should contact the South Florida chapter of the national Multiple Sclerosis Society. The email is FLS@NMSS.ORG.

McLain Ward (HH Azur, Rothchild), Kent Farrington (Voyeur, Gazelle), Beezie Madden (Breitling, Simon, Cortes C and Quister) and Lucy Davis (Barron) are on the roster, along with Reed Kessler (Cylana), who rode on the 2012 Olympic team with McLain and Beezie.

Also listed are 2000 Olympic alternate Todd Minikus (Babalou), 2008 Olympic team member Laura Kraut (Deauville), 2000 Olympic teammates Lauren Hough (Ohlala) and Margie Engle (Royce) and Callan Solem (VDL Wizard), the top-placing U.S. rider from last month’s Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals in Sweden, where she was seventh.

The only ones in the group with no Olympic experience as either a team member or alternate are Lucy and Callan.

Like the U.S. dressage riders, U.S. show jumpers will be going on a tour of European shows before the squad of four and one alternate is selected.