Jodie Amos and Wise Crack at Badminton
British Eventing has announced the four riders who will represent Great Britain at The Plains, Virginia, USA, for the fifth leg of the FEI Nations Cup Eventing series, from the 8th – 10th July 2016.
The team, in alphabetical order, are as follows:
Jodie Amos, 32 from Warwickshire, with Miss Nicola Coates and her own Wise Crack
Rosalind Canter, 30 from Lincolnshire, and her own Zenshera
Justine Dutton, 35 based in Pennsylvania, USA, on Patricia Weiser and her own Huck Finn or Kathleen Cuca and her own Jak My Style
Ben Way, 27 from Warwickshire, with Posy Kopanski and Peter Finer’s Willows Tipster
The American fixture is the first Eventing Nations Cup leg to be hosted outside of Europe and is the first Nations Cup call up for both Ben Way and US-based British rider Justine Dutton. Only three countries will field teams - USA, Canada and Great Britain
Philip Surl, Chef d’Equipe for the GBR Nations Cup squad; “We are very grateful to the Organising Committee at The Plains for supporting the FEI Nations Cup Eventing and to offer this fantastic opportunity. We as a team are looking forward to contesting the first leg outside Europe.”
With three competitions complete in the nine event series GB currently sit in second place on 225 points with France out in front on 250. This weekend (24th – 26th June 2016) the British team are currently competing in the fourth leg at the Strzegom Horse Trials in Poland where the quartet will be hoping to add to their points tally.
