
Traverse City, Michigan, USA – September 16, 2021 – The 51st American Gold Cup CSI 5* is on this week, the highlight event of the 2021 edition of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF) at Flintfields Horse Park. The event has attracted top riders from the Americas and even equestrians from other parts of the world, all looking to win the $230,000 American Gold Cup Grand Prix CSI 5* next Sunday.
Margie Engle (USA), Beat Mandli (SUI), Shane Sweetnam (IRL), Lauren Hough (USA), Kristen Vanderveen (USA), Adrienne Sternlicht (USA), Paul O’Shea (IRL), Karl Cook (USA), and Santiago Lambre (BRA) are just some of the stellar names set to compete this week there. The competition starts today but the list of riders and horses participating in the CSI 5* classes has already been confirmed as stated on the list below:
ARGENTINA
1) Gustavo Prato – Luke Skywalker 70, King van het Keizershof
AUSTRALIA
2) Matt Williams – Yandoo Pennsylvania
BRAZIL
3) Santiago Lambre – Easy Girl, Comtess 202
CANADA
4) Eric Krawitt – Cactus De Cosniere
5) Jacqueline Steffens – Freaky, Cat Ninja
6) Sam Walker – Hermelien Vd Hooghoeve, Evita
COLOMBIA
7) Roberto Teran Tafur – Cinderella Z
IRELAND
8) Cormac Hanley – RMF Chacco Top
9) Paul O’Shea – Squirt Gun, Skara Glen’s Machu Picchu
10) Richie Moloney – Rocksy Music, Coco Beach
11) Shane Sweetnam – Karlin Van ‘t Vennehof, Indra Van De Oude Heihoef
12) Simon Mccarthy – Gotcha
GERMANY
13) Christian Heineking – Nkh Cento Blue
14) Wilhelm Genn – Bugatti
GREAT BRITAIN
15) Grace Debney – Faro
PUERTO RICO
16) Freddie Vazquez – Kirschwasser Scf, Dontez
17) Vasco Flores – Deauville Van Overis Z
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
18) Liubov Kochetova – Paganini 170
SWITZERLAND
19) Beat Mändli – Dijon Terdoorn Z
USA
20) Adrienne Sternlicht – Lafayette Van Overis, Bennys Legacy
21) Andrew Welles – Idol H&h, And Action
22) Alessandra Volpi – Berlinda, Absolute Du Mio
23) Alex Matz – Ibbo Van T Keldertje, Cashew Cr
24) Brianne Goutal-Marteau – Viva Colombia, Tanael Des Bonnes
25) Cara Raether Carey – Little Magic D’asschaut, Cedric
26) Catherine Tyree – Bokai, Bec Lorenzo
27) Chandler Meadows – Zamia 3, Koddac Van Het Indihof
28) Erin Davis-Heineking – Leonie
29) Georgina Bloomberg – Manhattan, Tulara Colmine
30) Jonathan McCrea – Gazelle Es, Fantasy Bb
31) Karl Cook – Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet, Caillou 24
32) Kristen Vanderveen – Bull Run’s Risen, Bull Run’s Prince Of Peace
33) Katherine A. Dinan – Dougie Douglas, Athos D’elle
34) Kelly Arani – Valmont De Vizy
35) Lacey Gilbertson – Byzance Mail
36) Lauren Hough – Paloma, Canamera
37) Margie Goldstein-Engle – Royce, Aston Des Etisses
38) Michael Morrissey – Massimo
39) Molly Ashe Cawley – Berdien, Cappuccino 194
40) Nicholas Dello Joio – Chess, Centuria 7
41) Peter Leone – Donner, Cedric 84
42) Quentin Judge – HH Zorro Z
43) Samantha Schaefer – Frasier
44) Shawn Casady – Lyranta Van ‘t Gebroekt, Captain Jack
45) Sydney Shulman – Villamoura, A Toi De Prim’
46) Vanessa Hood – Santauer, Lou Lou Vls
Source: FEI – Fédération Equestre International
*Subject to late entries and withdrawals
Photo: © Andrew Ryback Photography
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