USA Wins Pan American Dressage Gold & 2016 Olympic Team Berth

Excellent performances by all four members of the U.S. Pan American Dressage Team over two days at the 2015 Pan American Games resulted in a Team Gold medal win and direct qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team, composed of Sabine Schut-Kery and Alice Womble’s Sanceo and Kimberly Herslow and Kiroli Enterprises LLC’s Rosmarin in the Small Tour, and Laura Graves and her own Verdades and Steffen Peters and Four Winds Farm’s Legolas 92 in the Big Tour, was focused and consistently excellent to end on an overall score of 460.506.

Canada took silver and Brazil bronze. Canada and Mexico qualified one individual for the Olympics through these Games.

“What could be better for a Chef d’Equipe than to bring a team and have them earn personal bests at a very important moment. Having earned qualification for the Olympic Games, it allows us to now focus and put our energy into preparing for Rio.” – U.S. Dressage Chef d’Equipe/Technical Adviser Robert Dover after U.S. secures Team Gold and 2016 Olympic Games qualification at the Pan American Games.

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