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The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018
The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team last saw the podium at the WEG in 2006, when the U.S. team of Leslie Morse, Guenter Seidel, Steffen Peters, and Debbie McDonald won the team bronze medal in Aachen, Germany. Before that, the 2002 U.S. team of Debbie McDonald, Lisa Wilcox, Susan Blinks, and Guenter Seidel won the team silver medal in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. In 1994, Kathleen Raine, Robert Dover, Gary Rockwell, and Carol Lavell won the team bronze medal in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Hallye Griffin
Hallye Griffin grew up in Lexington, Ky., competing in the discipline of eventing and as a member of the United States Pony Club. She attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., and majored in Political Science. Beginning her employment in the 2010 Alltech® FEI World Equestrian Games Organizing Committee in the Competition Department, in 2011, Griffin joined US Equestrian as the Director of Dressage National Programs. Following the 2015 Pan American Games, Griffin was promoted to Managing Director, Dressage. Griffin’s role as team leader includes managing all logistics around the selection process and preparation for the WEG, as well as coordinating the day-to-day plans for the U.S. Dressage Team while at the WEG.
Laura Graves
Laura Graves is a team bronze medalist and was fourth individually at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She and Verdades are also two-time FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals competitor; finishing second in 2017 and 2018 Graves was also a member of the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2014 FEI Alltech® World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France and a team gold medalist and silver individual medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Graves has been a valuable member of The Dutta. Corp. U.S. Dressage Team, competing on numerous nations cup teams. In 2018, she was named to her second WEG team having earned a team silver in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Germany with Verdades. Throughout 2018, Graves and Verdades have earned eight first-place finishes both in the U.S. and abroad.
Adrienne Lyle
Adrienne Lyle was a 2012 London Olympian and member of the 2014 U.S. Dressage team for the FEI Alltech® World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy, France She was a member of the bronze medal Region 6 team at the Adequan®/FEI North American Young Rider Championships and is currently a valuable member of The Dutta. Corp. U.S. Dressage Team, competing on several nations cup teams in the last several years. In 2018, she was selected to her second WEG team after competing on all three U.S. Dressage Nations Cup teams, helping the U.S. earn gold at FEI Dressage Nations Cup USA, bronze at FEI Dressage Nations Cup The Netherlands, and silver at FEI Dressage Nations Cup Germany.
Kasey Perry-Glass
Kasey Perry-Glass is a team bronze-medalist in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and a 2017 FEI World Cup Dressage Final competitor. A valuable team member, Perry-Glass has competed on several nations cups over the last three years for The Dutta. Corp. U.S. Dressage Team. After taking a break from competition in 2017, Perry-Glass and Goerklintgaards Dublet made their first appearance of 2018 at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival, where they won the CDI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. They would go on to win the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 Dressage Test Event and place second in the CDIO5* Grand Prix Freestyle to Music at CHIO Aachen.