U.K.: British Pony Team announced for Europeans

10 June 2014

The British Dressage Pony Selectors have pleasure in announcing the Great Britain Pony Team for the European Championships in Millstreet, Ireland on 30 July – 03 August. The selected combinations (in alphabetical order by rider) are as below:-

Rebecca Bell (14) from Farringdon, Oxfordshire riding Caroline Bell’s Valido’s Sunshine (bay, mare, 14.1hh, 11yrs, s. Valido)

Alex Hellings (14) from Bakewell, Derbyshire with Clare Williams’ Der Kleine Lord (brown, gelding, 14.1hh, 8yrs, s. Der Feine Lord)

Bethany-Rose Horobin (15) from Rayleigh, Essex riding her own Gigolo (chestnut, gelding, 14.1hh, 16yrs, s. Going East)

Phoebe Peters (14) from Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire riding Tracy Peters’ SL Lucci (bay, gelding, 14.2hh, 11yrs, s. Lukas)

Non travelling Reserves:

Rebecca Bell has Caroline Bell’s Valido’s Starlight (bay, gelding, 14.2hh, 10yrs, s. Valido) as a direct reserve pony.

First reserve

Lara Kuropatwa (13) from Malmesbury, Wiltshire with Samantha Jayne Brown’s Le Chiffre (chestnut, stallion, 14hh, 7yrs, s. Caesar 171)

Second reserve

Rose Hugh-Smith (14) riding her own Holsteins Derwisch (Black, Gelding, 14.2hh, 9yrs, s. F S Disagio) from Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

The Chef d’Equipe is Liz Mills, team vet is Robert Oulton and Peter Storr is Pony Team Trainer.

Championship website: http://millstreet2014.com/