A United States team will be competing at the Longines Royal International Horse Show (July 21-25), the first time since 2001 that American riders will have competed at Hickstead. On that visit they won the coveted double when Candice King and Norman Dello Joio won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup and King George V Gold Cup respectively.

They will be one of the eight teams in the Samsung Super League Nations Cup of Great Britain, competing for the Prince of Wales Trophy.

The US squad entered the Super League this year, replacing Sweden which failed to hold its place for the 2004 season.

Great Britain, currently fifth in the league behind France, Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, won the British round in 2003 and will be eager to make it a two in a row win again this year.

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