The British Dressage Young Rider and Junior Selectors, Andrea Smith, Leanne Wall and Nikki Herbert, are delighted to release their short lists of riders in contention for a place on the NAF Young Rider, Junior and Children on Horses teams for the European Championships in Roosendaal, the Netherlands on 9 – 13 August 2017.
Team NAF Young Rider Short List
Rebecca Edwards (20) from Reading, Berkshire with Dr Margaret Cox’s Ufano II (grey, stallion, 15.2hh, 16yrs, s. Indeciso) and Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Delegate (chestnut, gelding, 16.1hh, 14yrs, s. Dimaggio)
Charlotte Fry (21) from Scarborough, North Yorkshire with Anne Van Olst and her own Dark Legend (dark bay, gelding, 17hh, 9yrs, s. Zucchero) and Anne Van Olst’s Everdale (black, stallion, 17.2hh, 8yrs, s. Lord Leatherdale)
Ellie McCarthy (20) from New Milton, Hampshire with Olivia Oakeley’s Donna Summer (chestnut, gelding, 16hh, 16yrs, s. Dimaggio)
Lauren Phillips (21) from Crow, Hampshire with her own Hot Chocolate (black, mare, 15.2hh, 9yrs, s. Hoffenstein)
Robyn Smith (21) from Jackton, East Kilbride with Gail Smith’s Foold Uz (bay, gelding, 16.1hh, 19yrs, s. Fulton)
Joanna Thurman-Baker (19) from Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire with Samantha Thurman-Baker’s Highcliffe Apollo (bay, gelding, 16.2hh, 15yrs, s. Der Lenz)
Team NAF Junior Short List
Ottilie Bardsley (17) from Somerford Booths, Cheshire with Sharon Bardsley’s Darina O (chestnut, mare, 16hh, 9yrs, s. Vivaldi)
Emily Bradshaw (18) from Parkgate, Cheshire with Susan Bradshaw’s Remarkable (brown, gelding, 16hh, 19yrs, s. Royal Diamond)
Jade Ellery (18) from Los Cortijops, Spain with her own Porsches Eloy (chestnut, gelding, 16.2hh, 14yrs, s. Earl)
Alexandra Hellings (17) from Bakewell, Derbyshire with Sonia Baines’ Uvender V (bay, gelding, 16hh, 16yrs, s. Krack C)
Abbie Newbury (18) from Chippenham, Wiltshire with Tessa Thorne’s Disneyland (liver chestnut, gelding, 16.1hh, 8yrs, s. Diamond Hit)
Maddy Whelan (14) from Hailey, Oxfordshire with Peta Claridge’s Monsieur Pomerol (bay, gelding, 16hh, 16yrs, s. Riccione)
NAF Children on Horses Short List
Lily Payne (13) from Leverton, Lincolnshire with Anne Savage’s Beckhouse Cancara (black, mare, 15.1hh, 11yrs)
Final team selection will take place at the Pre-European Team Camp, 8 -9 July, with the team announcement due week commencing Monday 10 July.