Mark Your Calendar for the 2016 USEF Paralympic Equestrian Team Selection Trials/ Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships
In addition to the Trials and Championships there will be an Open National Show for developing Para-Dressage riders
By: Lindsay Y. McCall
Grass Lake, Michigan – March 25, 2016 – In less than three months Para-Equestrian Dressage riders will make their way to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the 2016 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Paralympic Equestrian Team Selection Trials; Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships; and Open Para-Dressage National Show. Scheduled June 3-5, 2016, at Waterloo Hunt Club in Grass Lake, Michigan, the Championships, Trials, and Open National Show will feature U.S. Para-Dressage athletes from around the country. Equestrians who have earned their FEI Certificates of Capability for the Paralympic Selection Trials will be looking to make the U.S. Team. The 2016 Rio Paralympic Equestrian Games are scheduled for September 11-16, 2016, at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Prize list will be available at https://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsdisciplines/discipline/allparaequestrian/hpparaEquestrian.aspx at a future announced date.
2016 USEF Paralympic Equestrian Team Selection Trials/ Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships/ Open National Show Fast Facts:
What: 2016 USEF Paralympic Equestrian Team Selection Trials/ Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships/ Open National Para-Dressage Show
When:
June 2, 2016- FEI Jog
June 3, 2016 – Team Test
June 4, 2016 – Individual Test
June 5, 2016 – Freestyle Test
Where: Waterloo Hunt Club in Grass Lake, Michigan
For more information about the U.S. Paralympic Team Selection Trials/ National Championship/ Open National Show procedures please visit:
For more information abut the 2016 Rio Paralympic Equestrian Events please visit
Para-Dressage riders in Grade Ia, Ib, II, III, and IV will be included in all events.