Third place in the Selection Trials went to Katherine Poulin-Neff and the very popular Brilliant Too, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood/Thoroughbred cross by Brilliant out of Blue Brigetta. As usual, the Poulin family was on hand to offer their support, which consisted of handing out Brilliant Too t-shirts and buttons to supporters. It was the ultimate Father’s Day gift for Olympian Michael Poulin, who together with wife Sharon watched proudly as their daughter worked her way up to third position with a charming Freestyle which totally matches her small but correct mount.

"I'm very excited to be here," said Poulin-Neff. "I don't really know what to say. I have a tendency to be a little boring in my riding. I tried to be brave and I made a couple of mistakes but if I hadn't taken the risk I wouldn't have known. I know I need to work on my Freestyle and improve.

The top three combinations from today's competition are named were named to the team pending the USEF High Performance Working Group, the Executive Committee and USOC approval and the fourth place finisher is picked as the alternate and travels all the way to Brazil with the squad.

Susan Dutta and Horses UnLimited's Hanoverian stallion Pik L (Pik Bube II/Abaja) jumped up into the alternate spot of the Pan Am process on the strength of their freestyle score of 71.1%. Overall they finished just below the 70% mark with 69.443%. The 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion was dynamic in the trot work to the music of Flashdance. Really good flow highlighted her test.

"I've been in this position before," said Dutta. "I was the reserve for the last Pan Ams. Three months ago I didn't have a horse and Horses Unlimited offered me this opportunity. I started riding him at the end of March. I'm really grateful to this horse, he's a prince."

The US coach Klaus Balkenhol had praise for the all the riders vying for a spot on the team. "I want to thank the riders for really coming out and fighting for the top spots. There is no need for any of these riders to stand back and hide from the world," he said.

The four horses stay at Gladstone to be evaluated by the veterinarians and then ship to Arlene and David Page’s Stillpoint Farm in Wellington, FL for quarantine.