This week AGDF  welcomes a total of 8 teams to International Ring at Equestrian Village, to participate in the Nations Cup CDIO 3*, presented by Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center, and the CDIO U25 presented by Diamante Farms.

Find the weekly schedule here.

Brush up on your “Nation Information”,  meet the 2018 teams, and don’t forget to come out during AGDF 12  to show your support!

TEAM USA:

CDIO 3* Team Members:

Grand Prix: Ashley Holzerand Havanna 145 (11-year-old Hanoverian mare) owned by Diane Fellows.
Grand Prix: Olivia LaGoy-Weltz and Lonoir (14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding) owned by Olivia LaGoy-Weltz and Mary Anne McPhail.
Grand Prix: Adrienne Lyle and Salvino (11-year-old Hanoverian stallion) owned by Elizabeth Juliano.
Grand Prix: Sabine Schut-Kery and Sanceo (12-year-old Hanoverian stallion) owned by Alice Womble.

CDIO U25 Team Members:

Kerrigan Gluch and Bolero CXLVIII (14-year-old P.R.E. stallion) owned by Hampton Green Farm.
Natalie Pai and Unlimited (17-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding) owned by Melanie Pai.
Molly Paris and Countess (16-year-old Danish Warmblood mare) owned by Paris.

Capital: Washington D.C.

The country is divided into six regions: New England, the mid-Atlantic, the South, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West.

The bald eagle is the national bird and symbol of the United States.

TEAM CANADA:

CDIO 3* Team Members:

Grand Prix: Brittany Fraser and All In  (13-year-old KWPN gelding) owned by Brittany Fraser and Marc-Andre Beaulieu.
Grand Prix: Diane Creech and Chrevis Christo (15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding) owned by Diane Creech and Louise Leatherdale.
Grand Prix: Megan Lane and Caravella (17-year-old KWPN mare) owned by Megan, Cathy and Kelsey Lane.
Grand Prix: Jill Irving and Degas 12 (16-year-old Hanoverian gelding) owned by Jill Irving and Windhaven Farm.

CDIO U25 Team Members:

Team 1
Laurence Blais Tetreault, and Utah (17-year-old KWPN gelding) owned by Mathilde Blais Tetreault.

Naima Moreira Laliberte and I Do Kiss, (12-year-old Swedish Warmblood stallion) owned by KML Sàrl.

Team 2
Vanessa Creech-Terauds  and Devon L (18-year-old Hanoverian gelding) owned by Diane Creech and Louise Leatherdale.

Tanya Strasser-Shostak and Renaissance Tyme (15-year-old Oldenburg gelding) owned by Evi Strasser.

Capital: Ottawa

From east to west it stretches almost 4,700 miles (7,560 kilometers) across six time zones.

Canada is the second largest country in the world.

TEAM SPAIN:

CDIO 3* Team Members:

Small Tour: Natalia Bacariza Danguillecourt and Rihanna Ymas (10-year-old mare) owned by Yeguada de Ymas.
Small Tour: Pablo Gomez Molina and Finest Ymas (10-year-old Westfalen mare) owned by Yeguada de Ymas.
Small Tour: Marta Renilla and Rhustler (nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding).

CDIO U25 Team Members:

Rodrigo Encinas Fuentes and Van the Man (16-year-old KWPN gelding) owned by Cesar Parra.
Juan Matute, Jr. and Don Diego Ymas (15-year-old Hanoverian gelding) owned by Juan Matute.

CAPITAL: Madrid

Spain occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula, stretching south from the Pyrenees Mountains to the Strait of Gibraltar.

Spain  rules two cities in North Africa and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.

TEAM AUSTRALIA:

Team Members:

Prix St. Georges: Kelly Layne and Furst Amante, (12-year-old Rhinelander gelding) owned by Layne.
Prix St. Georges: Nicholas Fyffe and Hitchcock (14-year-old Hanoverian gelding) owned by Louise Cote.
Grand Prix: Kim Gentry and Leonardo (11-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding) owned by Gentry.

CAPITAL: Canberra

Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent.

Australia is a commonwealth of the United Kingdom,  thus Australia’s head of state is the British monarch.