US Equestrian Team star Brentina and rider Debbie McDonald
The United States Equestrian Federation just announced the official timing for the retirement ceremony honoring the great dressage mare Brentina. Her final public appearance will take place on Friday afternoon, April 17 at the Rolex FEI World Cup? Finals. The World Cup will be April 15-19, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.?
Along with Brentina’s rider Debbie McDonald, owners Peggy and Parry Thomas, for whom The Thomas & Mack Center is named, will be honored.
Brentina and McDonald represented the United States at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, they led the U.S. to the Bronze medal. In 1999, McDonald and Brentina put in an amazing performance at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, winning both the Individual and Team Gold medals.
Brentina recently recovered from colic surgery, as reported in January on The Jurga Report.
