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Rio 2016 Paralympic Equestrian Games
Long Lists Announced
By: Lindsay Y. McCall
Thousand Oaks, CA – June 21, 2016 – The FEI has published the long lists (FEI nominated entries) of athletes and horses for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. To view this list please click this link http://fei.org/system/files/Confirmation%20of%20FEI%20Nominated%20Entries_PED_RIO%202016.pdf
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced the top four athletes representing the 2016 United States Paralympic Equestrian Team on June 16, 2016. Those four athletes include: Sydney Collier (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Grade Ib, and Wesley Dunham’s Western Rose, a 2003 Oldenburg mare; Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Grade II, and her own Schroeters Romani, a 2002 Danish Warmblood mare, owned in conjunction with Margaret Duprey, Cherry Knoll Farm, Barbara Summer, and Bill and Sandy Kimmel; Margaret McIntosh (Reading, Pa.), Grade Ia, and her own Rio Rio, a 2006 Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare; and Angela Peavy (Avon, Conn. and Wellington, Fla.), Grade III, and Heather Blitz and Rebecca Reno’s Lancelot Warrior, a 2002 Hanoverian gelding. The 30 nations heading to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will also be deciding on the selection of their 78 athletes, with National Paralympic Committees handing this final list to the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee by the deadline of August 15, 2016.
U.S. FEI Nominated Entries (Long List) in Alphabetical Order: 
Kelly Boccia and Donauwalzer CSF, Grade II
*Sydney Collier and Western Rose, Grade Ib (Team)
Sydney Collier and Wentworth, Grade Ib
Pam Hardin and Quaterjack Grade III
*Rebecca Hart and Schroeter’s Romani, Grade II (Team)
Mary Jordan and Rubicon 75, Grade IV
*Margaret McIntosh and Rio Rio, Grade Ia (Team)
Laurietta Oakleaf and Niekele fan Busenitz, Grade Ib
Annie Peavy and Ozzy Cooper, Grade III
*Annie Peavy and Lancelot Warrior, Grade III (Team)
Kate Shoemaker and Solitaer 40, Grade III
Roxanne Trunnell and Royal Dancer, Grade Ia
Further information regarding the U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team selection process can be found on USEF.org. All nominations to the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team are subject to approval by the United States Olympic Committee. The final lists of athletes heading to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be published on the FEI website. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, opening on September 7, promise to be the largest celebration yet of high-performance sport for athletes with an impairment, with Para-Equestrian Dressage set to celebrate 20 years in the Paralympic Movement. A total of 78 Para-Equestrian Dressage athletes will compete for 11 sets of medals across four days of competition. The Para-Dressage competition at the Paralympic Games will take place September 12-16, 2016, at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The FEI nominated entries list is compiled based on information submitted by the National Federations (NFs) on or before June 20, 2016, in accordance with the FEI General Regulations and the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paralympic Games.
As per Article 606.2.2 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paralympic Games the NF of the Athlete is responsible to ensure that the Horse fulfils the registration criteria.
Official Final Entries for Rio 2016 must be received by the FEI by August 15, 2016 (Article 607.3 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paralympic Games).
U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games 
The following athlete-and-horse combinations will compose the Team (in alphabetical order):
Sydney Collier (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Grade Ib, and Wesley Dunham’s Western Rose, a 2003 Oldenburg mare
Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Grade II, and her own Schroeters Romani, a 2002 Danish Warmblood mare, owned in conjunction with Margaret Duprey, Cherry Knoll Farm, Barbara Summer, and Bill and Sandy Kimmel
Margaret McIntosh (Reading, Pa.), Grade Ia, and her own Rio Rio, a 2006 Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare
Angela Peavy (Avon, Conn. and Wellington, Fla.), Grade III, and Heather Blitz and Rebecca Reno’s Lancelot Warrior, a 2002 Hanoverian gelding
U.S. FEI Nominated Entries (Long List) in Alphabetical Order:
Kelly Boccia and Donauwalzer CSF, Grade II
*Sydney Collier and Western Rose, Grade Ib (Team)
Sydney Collier and Wentworth, Grade Ib
Pam Hardin and Quaterjack Grade III
*Rebecca Hart and Schroeter’s Romani, Grade II (Team)
Mary Jordan and Rubicon 75, Grade IV
*Margaret McIntosh and Rio Rio, Grade Ia (Team)
Laurietta Oakleaf and Niekele fan Busenitz, Grade Ib
Annie Peavy and Ozzy Cooper, Grade III
*Annie Peavy and Lancelot Warrior, Grade III (Team)
Kate Shoemaker and Solitaer 40, Grade III
Roxanne Trunnell and Royal Dancer, Grade Ia
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