The World Championships in jumping, dressage, eventing, driving and vaulting will take place in Aachen, Germany Aug. 11-23.
Kent Farrington, shown here on Greya, leads the Rider Ranking list (Photo by Sportfot)For jumping, a Short List of 10 riders that is 80% objective will be released in about two weeks.
The top four riders from the U.S. ranking list, the top four horses, whose riders were not previously qualified, and the top rider from the World Cup not already qualified but who finished in the top 10 will automatically make the Short List.
The remaining two riders will be selected by chef d'equipe Robert Ridland and a panel of selectors.
There will be five mandatory observation sites, and the selectors will name the riders to compete at these observation sites.
The observation sites are the Aachen spring show, Rome, St.Galen, La Baule and Rotterdam.
