Italy to receive Paris 2024 team berth at Boekelo
Updated 22nd September
It has been a good week for Italian eventing.
Following their first gold medal at the FEI European Eventing Championships for Young Riders and Juniors, they have now secured a team berth at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the confirmed Master List of entries for the FEI Eventing Nations Cup Final at Boekelo in October (click here for list).
As reported below, Italy was the main contender for the team qualification spot for Paris 2024 through the FEI Nations Cup Series leaderboard. Now that entries are confirmed and Spain will not be contesting the final, Italy will receive the team berth for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
“I couldn't be happier” says Team Manager selector Katherine Ferguson Lucheschi on the Italian Equestrian Federation website “I would like to immediately congratulate and thank the entire Team for this success that we have achieved after a year of great work, together with the Management, the Sports Direction, to the Team Leader Giacomo Della Chiesa, to the team veterinarian Dr. Marco Eleuteri and the federal offices whose support is fundamental.
We have experienced an exciting, challenging season and today we share this beautiful result. There have been seven very intense Nations Cup stages and the eighth one we will take part in in Boekelo will be so too”
“This is a starting point, in 2024 we will prepare ourselves as best we can to arrive in Paris in good shape” says FISE Sports Director Francesco Girardi
“It will be a challenging Olympics in France and therefore certainly with an extremely technical cross country course. We are happy for this goal, which we had all set for ourselves together and obviously now we have immediately had a bigger one: in Paris 2024 we are aiming for a prestigious result".
Teams for Boekelo as at 21st September
Entries are being confirmed for the FEI Eventing Nations Cup Final 2023, to be held at Boekelo (NED) from 5th – 8th October 2023.
Australia, USA, Britain and Italy have confirmed entries for the event that will not only decide the winner of the 2023 FEI Eventing Nations Cup Series but also one of the last three team qualification spots available for Paris 2024.
Belgium currently holds the Series lead (600 points) with Italy in second place (440), the Netherlands in third (415) and Spain in fourth (395).
Both Belgium and the Netherlands qualified for Paris 2024 at the FEI Eventing European Championships at Haras Le Pin but Italy and Spain have yet to qualify and will be in hot pursuit of the team berth.
Australian entries
Australian team
Sammi Birch and Jutopia – 9yo KPWN owned by Susan Lamb and Theresa Miller. Groom: Helen Tagg
Bill Levett and RNH Tom Tom – 9yo Irish Sport Horse owned by Jenny Levett. Groom: Lucy Whitehead
Kevin McNab and Miss Pepperpot – 11yo Anglo European owned by Rebecca Stones. Groom: Lucy Hartley
Ryan Wood and Cooley Flight – 11yo Irish Sport Horse owned by Linda Ledray and Ryan Wood. Groom: Caitlin Reamy
Australian Individual Competitors
Isabel English and Cil Dara Dallas – 8yo AUS Warmblood, owned by Sarah English, Sofia Von Moltke, Jenny and John Curtis. Groom: Michela Calzoni
Megan Jones and RLE Barina – 14yo Holsteiner owned by Megan Jones. Groom: Chloe Wydra
US Entries
James Alliston (San Ramon, California) and Karma, a 9-year-old Oldenburg mare owned by Alliston Equestrian and Ric Plummer
Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pennsylvania) and Denim, an 8-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Caroline Moran, Ann Lapides, Neil Sites, and Ann Jones
Cassie Sanger (Wilmington, Delaware) and Fernhill Zoro, her own 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding
Jennie Saville (West Grove, Pennsylvania) and Connory, an 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Nina Gardner, Timothy Gardner, and Jennie Saville
Team Reserves
Jenny Caras (Buckhead, Georgia) and Trendy Fernhill, a 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Elyse Eisenberg
Cosby Green (Lexington, Kentucky) and Jos UFO de Quidam, a 15-year-old Argentine Silla gelding owned by Heather Morris
Andrew McConnon (Vass, North Carolina) and Wakita 54, his own 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare
Madison Temkin (Lexington, Kentucky) and MVP Madbum, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred mare owned by Madison Temkin, Beth Brown, and Brian Brown
British entries
British team confirmed 29th Sept as:
Ros Canter and MHS Seventeen, Laura Collett and Dacapo, Caroline Harris and D.Day and Yasmin Ingham and Rehy DJ
All Entries
MHS Seventeen ridden by Ros Canter – Owned by Lady Milnes Coates and Deirdre Johnston
Dassett Cooley Dun ridden by Ros Canter – Owned by Kate Willis and Mel Pritchard
Dacapo ridden by Laura Collett – Owned by Mr and Mrs M. Smedley, Carolyn Taylor, Gillian Morris-Adams and Diana Chappell
SBH Big Wall ridden by Izzy Taylor – Owned by Jane Timmis
Rehy DJ ridden by Yasmin Ingham – Owned by The Sue Davies Fund and Janette Chinn
Class Vista ridden by Flora Harris – Owned by Rider
Cooley Snapchat ridden by Selina Milnes – Owned by Mr and Mrs William Rucker
D.Day ridden by Caroline Harris – Owned by Fiona Olivier, Lucy Matthews, Marie Anne Richardson and Heather Royle
Ellfield Voyager ridden by Alex Whewall – Owned by Sheila Rowe
Hi Tech ridden by Xanthe Goldsack – Owned by Rider
Global Quest ridden by Georgie Campbell – Owned by Diana and Lance Morrish
Ngong Valley ridden by Harriet Wright – Owned by Rider
Igor B ridden by Kristana Hall – Jackson – Owned by KHJ Eventing and Rider
Deerpairc Revelry ridden by Max Warburton – Owned by The Paske Sydicate
Fever Pitch ridden by Storm Straker – Owned by Victoria Straker
Just Have Faith TN ridden by Alfie Marshall – Owned by Rider
Bob Cotton Bandit ridden by Laura Birley – Owned by Rider
EG Michealangelo ridden by Rose Nesbitt – Owned by Rider and John and Francesca Nesbitt
Templar Juno ridden by Katie Preston – Owned by Juniper Syndicate and Rider
Solsboro Sweetpea ridden by Alicia Wilkinson – Owned by Henrietta Wilkinson
Italian Entries
Evelina Bertoli riding Quick Joe
Daniele Bizzarro riding Stormhill Riot
Fabio Fani Ciottiriding Suttogo Georg
Umberto Riva riding Falconn Sunheup Z
Paolo Torlonia riding ESI Bethany Bay
Giovanni Ugolotti riding Billy Hennessy or Duke Of Champions
