Atlanta repeat unlikely for US

Compiled by Globe Staff, 09/15/2000

WHEN: Sept. 18 (team three-day event), Sept. 21 (individual three-day event), Sept. 26 (team dressage), Sept. 28 (team jumping), Sept. 29 (individual dressage), Sept. 30 (individual jumping).

US ENTRIES: Julie Black, Sue Blinks, Robert Costello, Robert Dover, Nina Fout, Nona Garson, Margie Goldstein-Engle, Lauren Hough, Laura Kraut, Abigal Lufkin, David O'Connor, Karen O'Connor, Guenter Seidel, Christine Traurig.

FAVORITES:

• Dressage: 1. Isabell Werth, Germany; 2. Anky Van Grunsven, Netherlands; 3. Ulla Salzgeber, Germany
• Team Dressage: 1. Germany; 2. Netherlands; 3. Sweden
• Jumping: 1. Rodrigo Pessoa, Brazil; 2. Ludger Beerbaum, Germany; 3. Willi Melliger, Switzerland
• Team jumping: 1. Germany; 2. Switzerland; 3. Great Britain
• Three-day event: 1. Blyth Tait, New Zealand; 2. Mark Todd, New Zealand; 3. Paula Tornquist, Sweden
• Team three-day event: 1. New Zealand; 2. Australia; 3. France.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The United States was the only country to win medals in all three events last time, but that'll be a reach here with horses (and riders) who were shipped halfway around the world. The Americans' best chance will come in the team three-day event.