Three U.S. riders and their horses traveled to Belgium - Barbara Grassmyer (Placerville, Calif.) with Mibis, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood; Rebecca Hart (Erie, Pa.) on her Norteassa, a 14-year-old Hanoverian; and Robin Brueckmann (Summerfield, N.C.) on Richmond, a nine-year-old Hanoverian. 

In the Grade III Individual, Hart scored a 65,120, good for in seventh place, and Grassmyer finished eighth with a total score of 64,560.  In the Grade III Freestyle (Final), Hart took a respectable fourth-place finish with a total score of 71,834, and Brueckmann finished seventh with a total score of 69,222.  Brueckmann also scored 63,097 and finished 13th in the Grade IV Individual. 

Serving as head coach, Melissa Ransehousen said, "All the athletes did quite well. There are always improvements to be made, but overall they were quite good."

Team Leader Denise Avolio was enthusiastic about their performance.

“We performed well as a team in front of many nations and accomplished our goals for this competition," Avolio said. "We also set ourselves up to perform well at the 2007 World Championships.”

While this competition served as an individual qualifier for the 2008 Paralympic Games, a U.S. team previously qualified in Vancouver at the Continental Championship and Paralympic Qualifier.