The Pony selectors are ecstatic to announce their team for this year’s European Pony Dressage Championships which will be held in Vilhelmsborg, Denmark on the 17th to 21st August.
Chosen riders:
Ottilie Bardsley (16) from Somerford Booths, Cheshire with Sharon Bardsley’s Kingsley Ciske (chestnut, gelding, 12yrs, s. Composer)
Lara Kuropatwa (15) from Malmesbury, Wiltshire with either Olivia Kuropatwa’s Mister Snowman (liver chestnut, stallion, s. The Braes My Mobility) or Samantha Brown’s Le Chiffre (chestnut, stallion, 9rs, s. Caesar 171) (Second pony direct reserve)
Sophie Taylor (13) from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Becky Moody’s Madam’s Miss Maria (bay, mare, 11yrs, s. Wolhoeve’s Silco)
Maddy Whelan (13) from Abingdon, Oxfordshire with her own Ode to Shannon (dark bay, mare, 7yrs)
Non-travelling reserves:
First – Isobel Lickley (11) from Albrighton, Staffordshire with Robert and Nicola Lickley’s Gigolo (chestnut, gelding, 18yrs, s. Going East).
Second – Charlotte McDowall (14) from Highleadon, Gloucestershire with her own BKS Grand Design (bay, gelding, 8yrs, s. FS Golden Moonlight).
The selectors, riders, team staff and all at British Dressage are extremely grateful for the support of Equestrian Team GBR and NAF, and would like to welcome new team suppliers, LeMieux. In addition, there is further thanks to Tony and Sarah Pidgley for their kind hospitality at Kilbees Farm for hosting the pre-European team camp.
