Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

4 Horse&Hound8 August 2019

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BRITAIN’ShopesofEuropean

gloryarepinnedonstrongsquads.

Talentedcombinationswill

maketheirseniorchampionship

debutsalongsideexperienced

medalwinnersattheEuropeans.

Thedressage,paradressage

andshowjumpingtakeplacein

Rotterdam(19to 25 August);

theeventinginLuhmühlen(

Augustto1 September).

Thedressageteammedals,

thefirsttobecontended,willbe

awardedon 20 August.

RisingstarLottieFry,23,

makesherseniorchampionship

teamdebutwithDarkLegend.

Thecombinationhavehadsuccess

atyoungriderlevel,andwon

individualsilverandgoldatthe

under-25Europeanslastyear.

Theyarenamedalongside

CharlotteDujardin(MountSt

JohnFreestyle),CarlHester

(HawtinsDelicato)andGareth

Hughes(ClassicBriolinca).

“I’mreallyexcited—it tooka

whileforit tosinkin,”saidLottie.

“He’sanamazinghorse,wehave

sucha greatpartnership.Two

yearsagoweweredoingyoung

riders—it’salmostunreal.”

Garethmakesa championship

teamreturn,havinghelped

Britaintoteamsilveratthe 2014

WorldEquestrianGames.

Heis “veryproud”toride

ClassicBriolinca,whohehas

ownedfroma youngsterwithwife

Rebeccaandlong-termsupporter

andfriendJuliaHornig.

“StephSharples,mytravelling

groomandheadgirl,haslooked

afterBriolincathroughouther

career,soit willbeexcitingand

emotionalforallofus,”hesaid.

“It’s great to be back on the team

Newchampionshipfacesjoinestablishedtoptalentas

Team GBR announces its championshiprepresentatives

withCharlotteandCarl,andto

haveLottie;she’sbeenoneofthe

mostexcitingstarsthisyear.”

Charlottehasa directreserve

horse,Erlentanz,andthereserves

areRichardDavison(Bubblingh)

andLaraButler(RubinAlAsad).

EventinghopesrestwithLaura

Collett(London52),TinaCook

(BillyTheRed),PiggyFrench

(QuarrycrestEcho),KittyKing

(VendrediBiats),TomMcEwen

(ToledoDeKerser)andOliver

Townend(CooleyMasterClass).

PiggyandOliverhavedirect

reserverides;VanirKamiraand

BallaghmorClass.

“Itis a veryprouddaytohave

two horses, both of whom have

beenattheyardfromyoungsters,

tobepickedfortheBritishteam,”

saidOliver.“Cooleyhascompeted

andwonatfive-starlevel,butthis

willbehisfirstchampionship,

whichmakesit asexcitingas

ever.I thinkhecouldbea very

competitivefeaturefortheteam.”

ThefourreservesareAlex

Bragg(Zagreb),SarahBullimore

(ReveDeRouet),PippaFunnell

(MajasHope)andTomMcEwen

(FigaroVanHetBroekxhof ).

TeamGBRhassecuredTokyo

spotsfordressage,paradressage

andeventing,butRotterdamis

vitalforshowjumping,whichis

stilltoqualify.

Tomorrow(9August)at

DublinHorseShowwillbe

Britain’sfinalchancetobaga spot

at the Nations Cup finals, where

ByLUCYELDER

All guns blazing as British

teams picked for Europeans

Ireland hopesto make Olympic history in Europe

IRELANDis aimingfordouble

Olympicqualificationin

Rotterdam,asitsthreeEuropean

Championshipssquadshavebeen

announced.

The“girlsingreen”—Judy

Reynolds(VancouverK),Anna

Merveldt(Esporim),Heike

Holstein (Sambuca) and Kate

Dwyer(SnowdonFaberge)—are

hopingtosecureIreland’sfirst

Olympicdressageteamplaceat

thechampionships.

ThecountryalsojoinsBritain

inhopingtosecureoneofthe

threeshowjumpingticketsto

Tokyoonoffer,asit defends the

title it won in 2017.

Thesquadis:DarraghKenny

(BalouDuReventon),Peter

Moloney(Chianti’sChampion),

CianO’Connor(PSGFinal),Paul

O’Shea(SkaraGlen’sMachu

Picchu)andShaneSweetnam

(Seabrook’sAlejandro).

Irelandsecureditseventing

place with silver at the 2018

WorldEquestrianGames,butthe

squadaimingtocontinuethat

championshipsuccessis:Sam

Watson(ImperialSkyorTullabeg

Flamenco),CathalDaniels

(RioghanRua),SarahEnnis

(WoodcourtGarrison),Clare

Abbott(EuroPrince)andCiaran

Glynn (November Night). EJ

thereis oneTokyoplaceonoffer.

Butthesidewillhopetosecure

theplaceinRotterdam,where

threespotsareavailable.

PerformancemanagerDi

Lampardhasnameda fierceline-

upforthe“crucial”competition.

ScottBrash(HelloM’Lady),

AmandaDerbyshire(Luibanta

BH),BenMaher(ExplosionW),

LauraRenwick(DublinV)and

HollySmith(HeartsDestiny)

makeupthesquad.

Thiswillbethefirstsenior

championshipforLaura,oneof

Britain’sleadingriders.

“I’mreallyexcitedandproud

tohavebeenselectedtorepresent

mycountryatnotonlymyfirst

EuropeanChampionships,but

onethatis extremelyimportantto

Britain,”saidLaura.

BritishShowjumpingchief

executiveIainGrahamsaidhehas

“fullconfidence”intheteamof

proven, successful combinations.

PiggyFrenchand

QuarrycrestEchofeature

in the eventing squad