Source:  News Release

McLain Ward Named to the USEF Show Jumping Long List for the 2012 Olympic Games with Antares F and Sapphire

Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Ad Hoc Committee on Selection has approved naming McLain Ward with both Antares F and Sapphire to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

McLain Ward and Sapphire (Shannon Brinkman/USEF)

Due to the fact that Ward will not be able to compete in the Selection Trials because of an injury he sustained in January 2012, the USEF Selectors in consultation with Chef d'Equipe George Morris and Team Veterinarian Dr. Tim Ober, voted unanimously to name Ward on both Grant Road Partners, LLC's Antares F and Blue Chip Bloodstock's Sapphire to the Show Jumping Long List for the 2012 Olympic Games at this time.

Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the US Show Jumping Team, the Selectors have the discretion to recommend up to five athlete/horse combinations for the Long List before the conclusion of the Selection Trials. The USEF Selection Procedure for the 2012 Olympic Games Show Jumping Team provides the following language for Discretionary Selection:

An athlete/horse combination named subjectively to the Long List may or may not have completed one or more of the Selection Trials. The Selectors will subjectively rank any discretionary positions within the Final Overall Standings of the Selection Trials.