17 countries from five continents announced their teams and individual riders who will compete for the titles and a total purse of USD 100,000.

Altogether 48 riders will compete in this prestigious event. Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the U.S.A nominated teams. Australia, Austria, Poland, the Russian Federation, South Africa and the Dominican Republic are represented by one, Sweden by two individual riders. For the Russian Federation, it's the very first Reining World Competition. The list of competitors is remarkable. The two hot favorites are the United States and Canada, of course. The U.S. already took team medal twice at the FEI World Equestrian Games 2002 and 2006 with Canada placing second. With NRHA Million Dollar Riders Craig Schmersal und Tom McCutcheon, Pete Kyle and Jordan Larson they've got top riders in their team again. And in contrast to Canada, the Americans will bring their own horses to Italy.

During the last two FEI World Equestrian Games, there was a very close run for bronze between Italy and Germany. Both the Italian and the German team have got great reiners. Dario Carmignani ITA and Sylvia Rzepka GER both participated and placed among the top ten in the individual competition. In fact, Sylvia Rzepka was the second-best European rider behind Ann Poels Belgium who will be in the Belgian team again this time.