The British Eventing Senior Selection Committee has selected a squad of nine riders who will represent Great Britain during the FEI Nations Cup Series.
The primary objective of this squad selection is to give riders who do not have a depth of senior team experience the opportunity to compete in a team environment.
The squad of nine is: Sarah Bullimore, Laura Collett, Kitty King, Emily Llewellyn, Tom McEwen, Gemma Tattersall, Izzy Taylor, Francis Whittington and Lucy Wiegersma.
Of the nine, a team of four (with a travelling reserve), will be selected by the team manager, Philip Surl, in consultation with the performance manager, Yogi Breisner, to represent Great Britain at the following Nations Cup competitions; apart from Aachen which might be used to test other riders as well.
For 2013 the Nations Cup eventing competitions are:
CICO 3* Fontainebleau FRA 21 - 24 March 2013
CICO 3* Houghton Hall GBR 23 - 25 May 2013
CICO 3* Strzegom-W. POL 30 May - 2 June 2013
CICO 3* Aachen GER 25 -30 June 2013
CICO 3* Montelibretti ITA 21 - 23 September 2013
CICO 3* Waregem BEL 26 - 29 September 2013
CCIO 3* Boekelo NED 11 - 14 October 2013
The team for the first Nations Cup competition at Fontainebleau will be:
Kitty King with Zidante, owned by Ben Walden
Emily Llewellyn with Pardon Me II, owned by Mrs Cindy Llewellyn
Gemma Tattersall with Arctic Soul, owned by Phillip Kerr & Miss Iona Kerr
Izzy Taylor with KBIS Starchaser, owned by Mrs Jo Meyer & KBIS
With Laura Collett riding Allora 3, owned by Phillip Walker, named as reserve.
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