Next week sees the ECCO FEI European Championships for Dressage, Showjumping and Para-Equestrian Dressage take place out in Herning, Denmark (Tuesday 20 – Sunday 25 August).
Britain will be represented by fourteen athletes across the three disciplines at the Championships. The squads are as follows:
Dressage: Charlotte Dujardin (Valegro), Carl Hester (Uthopia), Michael Eilberg (Half Moon Delphi) and Laura Tomlinson [nee Bechtolsheimer] (Mistral Hojris)
Showjumping: Scott Brash (Hello Sanctos), William Funnell (Billy Congo), Ben Maher (Cella), Robert Smith (Voila IV) and Michael Whitaker (Viking V)
Para-Dressage: Natasha Baker (Cabral), Ricky Balshaw (LJT Engaards Solitaire), Sophie Christiansen (Janeiro 6), Anne Dunham (LJT Lucas Normark) and Sophie Wells (Valerius)
The British equestrian teams are supported by the UK Sport Lottery funded World Class Programme.
For details about the competition in Herning and for a timetable of events, please visit the Herning 2013 website: http://european-herning.dk/GB.aspx
A British team media guide including brief biographies of all the riders, competition format and staff information can be downloaded from: http://www.equestrianteamgbr.co.uk/repository/Downloads/BritishmediaguideHerning.pdf
More information about the teams can be found on the Equestrian Team GBR website: www.equestrianteamgbr.co.uk or through the relevant discipline website; www.britishdressage.co.uk (for dressage and para-dressage) and www.britishshowjumping.co.uk
The FEI European Championships for Eventing take place in Malmö, Sweden (29 August – 1 September); more information will follow shortly.