Editorial

Great Britain’s Nominated Entries Confirmed for the World Equestrian Games

July 16, 2018

The British Equestrian Federation confirmed the athlete-and-horse combinations submitted to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) as Great Britain’s Nominated Entry Lists for the FEI World Equestrian Games at Tryon, North Carolina, held from 11 to 23 September. The dressage and showjumping team selections were due to be announced in the weeks that followed; all nominated entry lists were published in alphabetical order.

Dressage

  • Lara Butler with Dr Wilfried and Mrs Ursula Bechtolsheimer’s Rubin Al Asad
  • Charlotte Dujardin CBE with the Mount St John Stud’s Mount St John Freestyle
  • Emile Faurie with Elena Knyaginicheva’s Delatio, and Hof Kasselmann KG’s Dono Di Maggio
  • Carl Hester MBE with Lady Anne Evans, Ann Cory and his own Hawtins Delicato
  • Gareth Hughes with Mrs Rebecca Hughes, Mrs Julia Hornig and his own Classic Briolinca, and Mr Steve and Mrs Anne Keen’s Don Carissimo
  • Spencer Wilton with Jen Goodman and his own Super Nova II

Eventing

  • Alexander Bragg with Sally Ellicott’s Zagreb
  • Sarah Bullimore with Chris and Sue Gillespie and Brett Bullimore’s Reve Du Rouet
  • Ros Canter with Caroline Moore and her own Allstar B, and her own Zenshera
  • Laura Collett with Nick How, Keith Scott and her own Mr Bass
  • Tina Cook with Elisabeth Murdoch and Keith Tyson’s Billy The Red
  • Piggy French with Jayne McGivern’s Quarrycrest Echo, and Trevor Dickens’s Vanir Kamira
  • Kitty King with Diana Bown, Jacqueline Owen and Samantha Wilson’s Ceylor L A N
  • Tom McEwen with Jane Inns, Ali McEwen and his own Toledo de Kerser
  • Harry Meade with Charlotte Opperman’s Away Cruising
  • Gemma Tattersall with The Soul Syndicate and her own Arctic Soul
  • Oliver Townend with Karyn Shuter, Angela Hislop and Val Ryan’s Ballaghmor Class, Angela Hislop’s Cooley Master Class and Angela Hislop’s Cooley SRS

Para-dressage

  • Natasha Baker MBE, grade III, with the Mount St John Stud’s Mount St John Diva Dannebrog
  • Suzanna Hext, grade II, with the Lady Joseph Trust and Henrietta Cheetham’s LJT Enggaards Solitaire
  • Erin Orford, grade III, with Annabel Whittet’s Dior
  • Isobelle Palmer, grade IV, with Mrs N Wells and Sophie Wells’ Touchdown M
  • Sir Lee Pearson, grade II, with his and Mr and Mrs D Pearson’s Styletta
  • Sophie Wells MBE, grade V, with Charlotte Hogg’s C Fatal Attraction and Jackie and Neil Walker, Valerie Woolford and her own Gladstone
  • Georgia Wilson, grade II, from Conwy, with her own Midnight

Reining

  • Alison Bucknell with her own Jac Barbee Dream
  • Francesca Sternberg with her own Chic Filay and Rosanne Sternberg’s Spook N Sparkle

Showjumping

  • Nigel Coupe with Susan Simmons’ Golvers Hill
  • Amanda Derbyshire with Gochman Sport Horse LLC’s Luibanta BH and Roulette BH
  • William Funnell with The Billy Stud’s Billy Buckingham
  • Sam Hutton with Equimie BVBA – Sabine Daems’ Happydam
  • Ben Maher MBE with Jane Forbes Clark and his own Sarena
  • Harriet Nuttall with Rupert Nuttall’s A Touch Imperious
  • Spencer Roe with Sally Roe’s Wonder Why
  • Holly Smith with Graham Smith, T J Hall Limited and her own Hearts Destiny
  • Alexandra Thornton with Dunwalke Ltd’s Cornetto K
  • William Whitaker with Ludwig and Yasmine Criel’s Utamaro D Ecaussines

Vaulting

  • Squad: English Vaulting Squad with Ben Aucott’s Demezza, lunged by Julie Newell, with River of Thyme, owned by Julie Newell, selected as a reserve horse, with reserve lunger Suzi Cusick
  • Individual female: Rebecca Norval, competing on Deborah Bentzen’s Edinburgh 23, Hugo or Naomi Weber’s Azrael, lunged by either Korynn Weber or Saacha de Amborossio
  • Individual female: Lucy Phillips with Ben Aucott’s Demezza, lunged by Julie Newell, with River of Thyme, owned by Julie Newell, selected as a reserve horse

Endurance and carriage driving

Endurance nominated entries were submitted by the BEF to the FEI on 13 July 2018. The combinations selected to represent Great Britain were Rachael Atkinson with her own Tannasg Psyches Realm; Caroline Cowley with her own HS Bellini; Dominique Freeman with either her own Rising Heat or Carla Eigenauer’s WCF Atillah; and Nicola Thorne with either Heather and Jeremy Reynolds’ Grand Ku or Heather Reynolds’ Treasured Moments.

Owing primarily to the cost of transporting horses and equipment to the United States, Great Britain was unable to send any carriage-driving athletes to compete at the World Equestrian Games that year. Equestrian Team GBR is supported by the UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Programme, with backing from the British Equestrian Federation Fund and official partners.