Will the 16th in line to the British throne ride as well as his/her mum, grandma and great-gran? Or maybe play rugby instead?
The British Eventing Senior selectors have announced their squad for the 2013 FEI Senior European Eventing Championships, which takes place in Malmö, Sweden (28 August - 1 September)
The selected squad comprises:
• Kristina Cook with Mr and Mrs Nicholas Embiricos and Mrs Sarah Pelham’s Miners Frolic
• William Fox-Pitt with Mr and Mrs Jeremy Skinner’s Lionheart
• Piggy French with Mr Michael Underwood’s Tinkas Time
• Tom McEwen with his own Diesel
• Izzy Taylor with Mr Guy Avis’s KBIS Briarlands Matilda
• Lucy Wiegersma with Mr and Mrs Christopher Perkins’s Simon Porloe
Tom and Izzy are part of the young British Nations Cup squad earlier this year and recently competed as part of the British team that finished in second place at Aachen CHIO.
32 year old Zara Phillips is not available for selection as she is pregnant and expecting her and husband Mike Tindall’s first baby in early 2014. You can always tell it’s a non-Championship year when eventing riders plan to have their babies! No doubt Zara will be back in contention for team selection prior to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games next year
