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The U.S. Driving Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games The following horses-and-athlete combinations have been named to the U.S. Driving Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and are in alphabetical order.

The driving competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will take place September 4-7, 2014 at La Prairie Racecourse in Caen, France.

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Driving - Team in Austria, the 2005 team that placed fifth in Great Britain, and the 2007 Bronze medal-winning team in Poland.

Stroud has won multiple USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championships, claiming her first title in 2004 then again in 2006 and 2007.

In 2008, Stroud won the FEI Pony Team division at the Live Oak International CAI. She then finished second in at the Garden State CDE with her team. She finished out the season by defending her USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championship title at The Laurels at Landhope.

Stroud had a banner year in 2009, winning at almost every turn. She began the year with wins in the FEI Pony Team divisions at Sunshine State and Live Oak. Stroud collected another win at the Southern Pines CDE in the Advanced Pony Team division. She next traveled to Greven, Germany, to represent the U.S. at the FEI Pony World Driving Championships, helping the team to a fourth-place finish. Upon returning to the states, Stroud had two more Photo Credit: Picsofyou.com

Allison “Lisa” Stroud

Born: June 7, 1953 Residence: West Grove, Pa. Anesco 4 – 2005 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Willow Star LLC Mozès – 2000 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned

by Willow Star LLC Olando – 1996 KWPN gelding owned by Koos de Ronde Ulco – 2001 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Willow Star LLC Zenno – 2004 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned

by Willow Star LLC Allison “Lisa” Stroud has been competing in combined driving for many years and has represented the U.S. on numerous occasions at FEI Pony World Driving Championships. She was part of the 2003 team that finished sixth

winning efforts at The Laurels at Landhope CDE and the Kentucky Cup and Lexington Driving Classic, claiming another USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championship title.

She had another stellar year in 2010 with her team of ponies. Stroud won the FEI Pony Team divisions at Sunshine State and the Live Oak. For the Iron Horse CDE, she entered the Advanced Pair Pony division and came out on top yet again. Stroud finished out the season with another win, this time in the Advanced Pony Team division at The Laurels at Landhope.

In 2011, Stroud began the year by winning USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championship at Live Oak. She then had a win at the Southern Pines CDE in the Advanced Pony Team division. In September, Stroud traveled to Europe to compete and finished ninth in the Breda CAIP-A4 in The Netherlands. In Lipica, Slovenia, she was a member of the U.S. team FEI Pony World Driving Championships, receiving a Team Bronze medal and finishing sixth individually.

Stroud continued to dominate the Advanced Pony Team division in 2012. She claimed top honors at Live Oak and had another winning effort at Glen Willow. At the Kentucky Classic CDE, Stroud won the USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Championship, yet again.

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Driving - Team In 2013, Stroud won the FEI Pony Team division at both Little Everglades and Live Oak. She then was named USEF National Combined Driving Pony Team Champion for the ninth time at the Southern Pines CDE. She continued her winning ways at Glen Willow and Kentucky Classic in the Advanced Pony Team divisions.

In 2014, Stroud took up a new challenge as she turned from a Pony Team to a Four-in-Hand Horse Team as she looked to represent the U.S. at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. In order to achieve her goal, she has been driving a team in Europe contesting CAI3* competition at Horst, Windsor, and L채hden, as well as the CAIO4* Saumur.

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Chester Weber Born: June 3, 1975 Residence: Ocala, Fla.

Boris W- 2006 KWPN gelding owned by Chester Weber Boy W- 2000 Royal Dutch gelding owned by Chester Weber Para- 1997 Royal Dutch gelding owned by Chester Weber Splash- 2003 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned

by Jane Clark Uniek- 2001 Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Jane Clark Chester Weber consistently has ranked as a top U.S. driver and is listed among the Top 10 internationally. His success in driving started early. At age 18, he was the youngest driver to be named to the United States Equestrian Team (USET) and qualify for the World Pairs Driving Championship.

By 1999, Weber had won 12 consecutive advanced CDEs and then transitioned to Four-in-Hand driving, where he not only has made a name for himself internationally, but also has amassed an unprecedented streak of eight national championships in a row.

Weber was the U.S. Four-In-Hand National Champion in March 2008 at the CAI Live Oak in Ocala, Fla. With this sixth national title under his belt, Weber headed to Europe where he enjoyed a very successful summer. In July, Weber won the Time Shuttle prize at the prestigious CHIO Aachen, posting a score of 36.48. He and his team finished Aachen winning third place overall in the Four-In-Hand division, less than one point behind the second-place finisher. The culmination of his 2008 European tour was at the Four-in-Hand World Driving Championships held in Beesd, The Netherlands, where he took the Silver medal.

Weber had another banner year in 2009. He won again at the Live Oak CAI in Ocala in March. In October, Weber was able to achieve a feat that no other American Four-In-Hand driver has been able to do when he captured his unprecedented seventh straight national championship.

In 2010, Weber won at every turn. In March, he collected his eighth straight USEF Four-in-Hand National Champion2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

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Driving - Team ship on home turf at his family’s Live Oak Plantation. Prior

CAIO4* Saumur in June. In July, he claimed the most pres-

to his win at Live Oak, Weber claimed top honors at the

tigious title of his career when he won the CAIO4* Aachen,

Sunshine State CAI.

helping him rise to the top-ranked driver in the world.

Weber continued his domination by picking up wins in

In addition to his rigorous competition schedule, Weber

June at the CAI-B Garden State CDE, and in Canada at the

actively promotes the sport of driving. In 2009 he was

Bromont International CAI-A. He and his team completed

the Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. team at the 2009 and 2011

the 2010 season by representing the U.S. at the Alltech FEI

World Pony Driving Championships in Greven, Germany.

World Equestrian Games, where they won the Team Silver

He currently is on the USEF Board of Directors, the High

medal.

Performance Driving Committee, the National Driving Com-

In 2011, Weber kept up his winning streak, collecting victories at Sunshine State, Little Everglades, and Live Oak before traveling to Europe. Weber dominated on a tour to Europe in the summer of 2011. He won all three CAI4s he entered in Europe, picking up victories in Hungary, Austria, and Germany.

Weber kept his streak alive in 2012, winning the Sunshine State, Little Everglades International, and Live Oak Four-inHand Horse divisions. He traveled to Europe in June where he won the CAI-A4 competition out of 38 drivers in Lahden, Germany, before finishing ninth and fourth, respectively, in Austria and The Netherlands.

At the 2012 FEI Four-in-Hand Driving World Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany, Weber claimed the Individual Silver medal and helped the U.S. team earn Bronze. Upon returning to the states, he won the Advanced Four-In-Hand Horse divisions at the Hermitage Classic and Kentucky Classic Combined Driving Events.

In 2013, Weber began the year with wins in the Little Everglades International and Live Oak International FEI Four-in-Hand Horse divisions. He then traveled to Europe and claimed the win in the Four-in-Hand division at the Saumur CAI-A4 in France. In the CAIO-4 at the CHIO Aachen, Weber performed against the world’s best four-in-hand drivers to finish in third place. He also helped the U.S. team to a sixth-place finish. A month later at the Beekbergen CAI-A4, he claimed yet another third-place finish against stiff competition.

2014 has been Weber’s most successful campaign’s to date as he has won many the world’s most prestigious competitions. In March he claimed his 11th Four-in-Hand National Title at Live Oak International. He then traveled to Europe winning at nearly every turn. In May, he was the winner of the CAI3* Windsor before going onto win the

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mittee, and the Safety Committee, and is Chairman of the Active Athletes Committee.

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Misdee Wrigley Miller

Born: January 2, 1957 Residence: Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Agussto’s Armoei – 2005 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Misdee Wrigley Miller Beau – 2006 KWPN gelding owned by Misdee Wrigley Miller Carlos 663 – 2007 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Misdee Wrigley Miller Clemens 49 – 2007 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Misdee Wrigley Miller Saco – 1999 KWPN gelding owned by Tomas Eriksson As a fourth-generation horsewoman, Misdee Wrigley Miller knew she would always be involved with horses. Today, she is involved in the combined driving and coaching divisions and

actively competes in American Saddlebred shows in ThreeGaited, Five-Gaited, Fine Harness, and Roadster classes.

In 2009, Miller won the Intermediate Pair division at the Kentucky Horse Park CDE and the following year moved up to compete in the FEI Pair Division.

In 2010, Miller not only advanced a level, she also gained valuable international experience. That summer, she competed at the Royal Windsor International Horse Show in England and at CAIO Riesenbeck in Germany.

Miller enjoyed a successful start to the 2011 season competing in Florida. She collected fourth-place finishes in the pair divisions at both the Sunshine State CDE and Little Everglades International. At the end of March, she was fifth in the USEF National Pair Championship held at Live Oak. Miller also finished sixth in the CAIO Riesenbeck. She ended her year by winning the Advanced Pair division at the Kentucky Classic CDE. Miller started 2012 with a bang, winning the Sunshine State Combined CDE, Little Everglades International, and Live Oak International Pair Horse divisions. In May, she traveled to Great Britain, where she finished fifth in the CAI-A2 Windsor event. The following month, she finished sixth in the CAI-A2 Altenfelden in Austria. She finished 2012 with a 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

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Driving - Team Reserve Champion title in the USEF National Pair Championship at the Kentucky Classic CDE. In 2013, Miller began with wins at the Sunshine State CDE and Little Everglades International in the Pair Horse divisions.

At Live Oak International, she claimed the USEF National Pairs Championship. Miller traveled to Austria to hone her skills on the European stage at the CAI-A2 Altenfelden, where she finished third in the dressage phase. At the CAIO Riesenbeck, she was a member of the U.S. team that finished fourth, also finishing 14th overall individually. In August, she traveled to Slovokia, helping the U.S. to earn a fourth-place finish at the FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs.

Miller made the step up from Pairs to a Horse Team in 2014, earning the Reserve National Championship at Live Oak. She then headed to Europe to compete gaining valuable experience at CAI3* Windwor, CAIO4* Saumur, and CAI3* L채hden Miller and husband, James, split time between Lakewood Ranch, Fla., and their Hillcroft Farm in Paris, Ky.

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Driving - Staff He presently serves as vice chairman of the USEF’s International High Performance Committee for Driving, is a member of the USEF’s Technical Committee for Driving, and sits on the boards of the Pittsford Carriage Association and the Gladstone Equestrian Association.

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Ed Young

Born: November 15, 1947 Residence: Geneseo, N.J. Chef d’Equipe Ed Young is a retired teacher of mathematics for “at risk” students. Now that he has retired from teaching, most of his time is spent with some aspect of equestrian sport.

His experiences include officiating as a Technical Delegate, scoring, organizing, competing and volunteering. He also assumes the position of show manager for the Walnut Hill Driving Competition in Pittsford, N.Y., as well as the Florida Carriage and Horse Festival in Weirsdale, Fla. Young holds credentials as a Technical Delegate for combined driving with the FEI, USEF, and the American Driving Society (ADS). Additionally, he is carded as a Pleasure Driving Technical Delegate with both the USEF and the ADS. Young has served as the Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. FourIn-Hand Driving teams in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 and Chef d’Equipe for the U.S. Singles Driving Team in 2008.

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Driving - Staff carriage. She went to many combined driving events in the U.S. with the Fairclough team, and in 1996 assisted him at the World Championships in Waregem, Belgium.

Staller worked at the USET Foundation in 2004, fundraising for the Olympic Games in Greece.

In the spring of 2009, she joined the USEF as the Director of High Performance Driving Disciplines.

With her husband, Bill Denney, Staller keeps a home in Philadelphia as well as in Bedminster, N.J. Staller and Denney have three children between them, Andrew, Will, and Sophia.

Photo Credit: USEF Archive

Elizabeth Staller Born: November 7, 1966 Residence: Bedminster, N.J. Team Leader Elizabeth “Lizzy” Staller has been involved in equestrian sports since the age of 10, when she began riding with Sally Graburn. Although her chosen sport was eventing, all of Graburn’s students were taught to drive a pony. After completing school, Staller rode and trained with noted Canadian eventer, Lorraine Laframboise.

An equine radiology and endoscopy technician, Staller worked at the University of Pennsylvania’s Large Animal School of Veterinary Medicine New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

After moving to New Jersey in 1992, Staller spent several years with well-known Four-in-Hand driver James Fairclough and had a formal introduction to driving. She was taken with the sport and helped Fairclough with his team, grooming horses, assisting at vet checks, and riding on the

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