Some likely contenders for the Australian team?
British Eventing have announced their selection for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010.
The selected squad comprises: Tina Cook riding Mr & Mrs Nicholas and Valda Embiricos and Mrs Sarah Pelham’s Miner’s Frolic William Fox-Pitt riding Mrs Teresa Stopford Sackville’s Cool Mountain Piggy French riding Mr Wally French and Mr Michael Underwood’s Jakata Pippa Funnell riding Mr & Mrs Roger Lincoln’s Redesigned Mary King riding Mrs Janette Chinn and Mr & Mrs Edwin Davies’s Imperial Cavalier Nicola Wilson riding Miss Rosemary Search’s Opposition Buzz
The non-travelling reserves (in alphabetical order) are: Daisy Berkeley (Spring Along) Sharon Hunt (Tankers Town) Oliver Townend (Ashdale Cruise Master) Lucy Wiegersma (Woodfalls Inigo Jones)
The four riders who will form the final British team for the Team Competition at the Games will be selected nearer the time. The selection process for the British team certainly varies from that of the Australians! The final selection trial for the Australian team will be held at the Sydney Three Day Event from August 27th -29th following which the selected riders will attend a Squad camp from the 6th - 12th September before heading to Kentucky. On current form however it is hard to imagine that Olympic medallists Megan Jones, Sonja Johnson and Stuart Tinney would not be attending the Squad camp as all three riders (all featured in the book An Eventful Life!) are on great form and listed on the current eventing Elite Squad. Hopefully they will also all make it to Kentucky!
