The Junior and Young Rider Selectors are delighted to announce their teams for this year’s European Championships (19 – 24 July in Valencia, Spain).
Juniors
Rebecca Bell (16) from Faringdon, Oxon with Robert & Susan Fearis’ Waranos (chestnut, gelding, 15.3hh, 13yrs, s. Fidermark)
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)
Phoebe Peters (16) from Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire with Debbie Stibbe’s Denford Surprise (bay, gelding, 17.1hh, 17yrs, s. Concord)
Non-travelling reserves
First - Rose Hugh-Smith (17) from Henley on Thames, Oxon with her own Florentino (black, gelding, 17hh, 12yrs, s. Florencio)
Second - Emily Bradshaw (17) from Wirral, Cheshire with Susan Bradshaw’s Remarkable (brown, gelding, 16hh, 18yrs, s. Royal Diamond)
Young Riders
Rebecca Edwards (19) from Reading, Berkshire with Dr Margaret Cox’s Ufano II (grey, stallion, 15.2hh, 15yrs, s. Indeciso)
Joanna Thurman-Baker (18) from Henley on Thames, Oxon with Sam Thurman-Baker’s Highcliffe Apollo (bay, gelding, 16.2hh, 14yrs, s. Der Lenz)
Amy Schiessl (20) from Jersey, Channel Islands with her own Mr Mercury (skewbald, gelding, 16.2hh, 15yrs, s. Mars)
Robyn Smith (20) from Jackton, East Kilbride with Gail Smith’s Foold Uz (bay, gelding, 16.1hh, 18yrs, s. Fulton)
Non-travelling reserves
First - Charlotte Fry (20) from Scarborough, Yorkshire with Anne van Olst's Black Pearl (black, mare, 16.2hh, 11yrs, s. Painted Black)
Second - Lucy Pincus (19) from Bartestree, Herefordshire with David Pincus’ Sheepcote Doncalisto (bay, gelding, 16.3hh, 10yrs, s. Don Schufro)
The selectors, riders, team staff and all at British Dressage are extremely grateful for the support of Equestrian Team GBR, NAF and would like to welcome new team suppliers LeMieux. In addition, further thanks to Tony and Sarah Pidgley for their kind hospitality at Kilbees Farm and also Christine Trendell for her unstinting support of the Junior and Young Rider squads & teams.
(Standing l to r - Lucy Pincus, Alex Hellings, Phoebe Peters, Charlotte Fry, Rebecca Bell, Becky Edwards, Joanna Thurman-Baker. Seated l to r - Amy Schiessl, Rose Hugh-Smith, Emily Bradshaw, Charlotte Dicker, Robyn Smith) Photo © Camille Peters