Gabe Anielloe, vaulting on Ferdinand 194 Lunged by Bettina Gross, stumbled on his dismount and earned a 7.226 score. he will advance to the next phases of vaulting competition at WEG.

Elizabeth Ioannou had the best performance of any U.S. individual female vaulter today and earned an 8.347% score. That has put her into the top 15 overall and guaranteed that she will advance to the final rounds of vaulting competition at WEG.

Bezzie Madden & Cortes 'C' were clear again today. They are second in the individual standings, and have helped the team climb to second place in the team rankings.

By earning a 7.301 for her freestyle test, Mary Garrett is still holding onto a chance to qualify for the final two rounds of competitio n. Update: Mary Garrett has officially been eliminated from vaulting competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

A slip on the dismount probably kept Mary McCormick from earning over 8 for her freestyle test today, but she will probably hold onto a top ten spot at the end of competition today .

A fall during the Woodside Vaulters squad freestyle test in the squad freestyle competition meant they had the 13th best score, 7.034. Their "score of round" was 6.850 and has them in 9th place .

Lucy Davis & Barron had a blockk of the wall jump and 4 faults. Their total score is now 10.21 .

Ward jumped clear on his horse Rothchild and help the U.S. lead the team standings midway through the 2nd round. Ward spoke to Rupert Bell after his round.

The first two U.S. riders to jumping today's Team Jumping Competition were McLain Ward & Kent Farrington. With Rothchild, Ward had a clear round and has 2.56 total score (including yesterday's speed round) . With Voyuer, Kent Farrington had 4 faults and has a 6.00 total score .

Caen, France – The vaulting portion of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games got underway Tuesday with the Squad, Individual Female, and Individual Male divisions performing their Compulsory Tests. The U.S. Vaulting Team is off to a solid start in Normandy, earning respectable scores in the world-class fields in front of the judging panel of Sue Detol (USA), Elzbieta Dolinska (POL), Anita Flamand (AUT), Véronique Girard (FRA), Pavla Krauspe (SVK), Anna Kull (SUI), Helma...