The Junior and Young Rider Selectors are delighted to announce their short lists for this year’s European Championships (19 – 24 July in Valencia, Spain).
The listed riders, with the exception of Charlotte Fry and Emily Bradsahw, will all travel to Kilbees Farm, Windsor this weekend (18-19 June) with their horses for a training camp where the final team will be selected and announced next week.
Juniors
Rebecca Bell (16) from Faringdon, Oxon with Robert & Susan Fearis’ Waranos (chestnut, gelding, 15.3hh, 13yrs, s. Fidermark
Emily Bradshaw (17) from the Wirral, Cheshire with Susan Bradshaw’s Remarkable (brown, gelding, 16hh, 18yrs, s. Royal Diamond)
Charlotte Dicker (17) from Stockbridge, Hampshire with Ian Mcrobbie’s Sabatini (dark bay, mare, 16.2hh, 11yrs, s. Stedinger)
Alexandra Hellings (16) from Bakewell, Derbyshire with Sonia Baines’ Uvender V (bay, gelding, 16hh, 15yrs, s. Krack C)
Rose Hugh Smith (17) from Henley on Thames, Oxon with her own Florentino (black, gelding, 17hh, 12yrs, s. Florencio)
Phoebe Peters (16) from Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire with Debbie Stibbe’s Denford Surprise (bay, gelding, 17.1hh, 17yrs, s. Concord)
Young Riders
Rebecca Edwards (19) from Reading, Berkshire with Dr Margaret Cox’s Ufano II (grey, stallion, 15.2hh, 15yrs, s. Inceciso)
Charlotte Fry (20) from Scarborough, Yorkshire with Anne van Olst's Black Pearl (black, mare, 16.2hh, 11yrs, s. Painted Black)
Joanna Thurman-Baker (18) from Henley on Thames, Oxon with Sam Thurman-Baker’s Highcliffe Apollo (bay, gelding, 16.2hh, 14yrs, s. Der Lenz)
Lucy Pincus (19) from Bartestree, Hertfordshire with David Pincus’ Sheepcote Doncalisto (bay, gelding, 16.3hh, 10yrs, s. Don Schufro)
Amy Schiessl (20) from Jersey, Channel Islands with her own Mr Mercury (skewbald, gelding, 16.2hh, 15yrs, s. Mars)
Robyn Smith (19) from Jackton, East Kilbride with Gail Smith’s Foold Uz (bay, gelding, 16.1hh, 18yrs, s. Fulton)