Blyth Tait back on New Zealand High Performance squad

      Blyth Tait and Bear Necessity at Pau CCI4*

 

Equestrian Sports New Zealand has named its High Performance eventing squads in the lead up to the 2016 Olympic year and four time Olympian Blyth Tait is back in the game.

Blyth has been named as part of the High Performance squad with his horses Xanthus III and Bear Necessity that have shown promising results this year including second at Boekelo and third in the CIC3* at Tattersalls for Xanthus III and fifth in the CIC3* at Burgham (where Blyth is to course design this year) and fourth in the CIC3* at Hopetoun for Bear Necessity

Blyth joins another experienced campaigner, Sir Mark Todd who is named with Leonidas II and NZB Campino. Jock Paget with Clifton Lush and Clifton Signature, husband and wife team Tim and Jonelle Price with Wesko, Bango, Ringwood Sky Boy, Classic Moet and Faerie Dianimo, and New Zealand based Clarke Johnstone aboard Balmoral Sensation make up the rest of the current top squad. Any rider wishing to make the New Zealand team for Rio needs to be named on the squad however the list will be revised again in June

 

High Performance

Rider

Horse

Horse Owner/s

Sir Mark Todd        

Leonidas II

Diane Brunsden, Peter Cattell & Sir Mark Todd

Sir Mark Todd 

NZB Campino

New Zealand Bloodstock & Sir Mark Todd

Jonelle Price

Classic Moet

Trisha Rickards & Jonelle Price

Jonelle Price

Faerie Dianimo

Trisha Rickards, Jacky Green & Jonelle Price

Tim Price

Wesko

Christina Knudsen & the Wesko Syndicate

Tim Price

Bango

Numero Uno Syndicate

Tim Price

Ringwood Sky Boy      

Robert Taylor, Varenna Allen, Selwood.com & Tim Price

Jock Paget

Clifton Lush

Frances Stead & Lucy Allison

 Jock Paget

Clifton Signature

Frances Stead

Clarke Johnstone     

Balmoral Sensation

Johnstone Family

Blyth Tait

Xanthus III

Jane Lovell-Smith & Blyth Tait

Blyth Tait 

Bear Necessity V

Ronnie Bartlett & Blyth Tait

 

High Performance Accelerator
Lucy Jackson
Jesse Campbell
Dan Jocelyn

 

Talent Development
Sam Felton (Matangi)
Ginny Thompson (Henderson)
Amanda Pottinger (Waipukurau)
Tayla Mason (Paraparaumu)
Sarah Young (Tokoroa)
Abby Lawrence (Te Puke)
Andrew Daines (Kumeu).

 

Talent ID
Francesca Silver (Martinborough)
Renee Faulkner (Papakura)
Sam Mynott (Hamilton
Madison Crowe (Ashburton)
Aleisha Collett (Morrinsville)
Bonnie Farrant (Rangiora)
Abigail Long (Levin)
Danielle Wheeler (Papakura)
Jackson Bovill (Hamilton).