America’s Dream Team earns a threepeat in Reining.
The Adequan U.S. Reining team took top honors in Team Reining on Sunday, September 26th, earning gold medal honors on their native soil.
The two-day competition, representing the first discipline in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park, finished with the Americans on top for the third consecutive time. U.S. Reiners captured gold medals at the 2006 World Equestrian Games (in Aachen, Germany) and the 2002 World Equestrian Games (in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain).
Observing the stiff competition in the 2010 Team Reining competition, Jeff Petska, U.S. chef de’equipe, said, “We brought a bunch of heavyweights to a heavyweight fight.”
U.S. Reiner Tom McCutcheon saluted his team. "I don't know that we'll ever get the opportunity to put together a team like this again. In 20 or 30 years, I'll look back and say that I remember that team. I think truly it'll be a hard team to ever get by," the veteran American Reiner commented.
American Reiners’ scores were impressive.
U.S. Team Reining competitors earned these scores:
- Shawn Flarida and RC Fancy Step - 227
- Tom McCutcheon and Gunners Special Nite – 224
- Craig Schmersal and Mister Montana Nic – 223.5
- Tim McQuay and Hollywoodstinseltown – 220.5
The Belgian team finished second, with Italy taking third place in Team Reining at the at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG).
Top ten Team Reining results listed here.
Here are the top ten teams in Team Reining (sponsored by John Deere) at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), listed in order of finish (from first to tenth place):
- 1st - United States (S. Flarida / T. McCutcheon / C. Schmersal / T. McQuay) with 674.50 points
- 2nd - Belgium (B. Fonck / A. Poels / C. Baeck / J. Boogaerts) with 659.00 points
- 3rd - Italy (S. Massignan / D. Carmignani / N. Brunelli / M. Ricotta) with 655.50 points
- 4th - Austria (R. Kronsteiner / M. Mühlstätter / M. Morawitz / D. Schulz) with 653.50 points
- 5th - Canada (D. Latimer / S. Sapergia / V. Sapergia) with 652.50 points
- 6th - Germany (S. Rzepka / G. Ludwig / E. Ernst / N. Hörmann) with 650.50 points
- 7th - Brazil (W. Teixeira / J. Lacerda / P. Koury Neto / J. Salgado Filho) with 646.00 points
- 8th - Netherlands (R. Young-van Osch / H. Heule / A. van Grunsven / F. Elzinga) with 645.50 points
- 9th - Great Britain (L. Rutter / F. Sternberg / D. Allen / T. Greaves) with 645.00 points
- 10th - Mexico (J. Vazquez Hernandez / A. Gonzalez Barragan / R. Pacheco Cuevas) with 643.00 points
Individual Reining to continue at WEG.
Qualifying rounds for Individual Reining will be held on Tuesday, September 28th, with the Individual Reining finals taking place on Thursday, September 30th.
All of the U.S. Reining team competitors are already qualified for the finals in Individual Reining.
The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) continues through October 11th at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.
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