2014 European Pony Championships
The British Equestrian Federation has released the names of the horse and rider combinations that have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2014 European Pony Championships to be held in Millstreet, Ireland, on 30 July – 03 August 2014.
The British Chef d’Equipe is Liz Mills, team vet is Robert Oulton and Peter Storr is Pony Team Trainer.
The selected British pony riders are:
- Rebecca Bell (14) riding Caroline Bell’s Valido’s Sunshine (bay, mare, 14.1hh, 11yrs, s. Valido)
- Alex Hellings (14) with Clare Williams’ Der Kleine Lord (brown, gelding, 14.1hh, 8yrs, s. Der Feine Lord)
- Bethany-Rose Horobin (15) on her own Gigolo (chestnut, gelding, 14.1hh, 16yrs, s. Going East)
- Phoebe Peters (14) riding Tracy Peters’ SL Lucci (bay, gelding, 14.2hh, 11yrs, s. Lukas)
Non travelling reserves:
- Rebecca Bell has Caroline Bell’s Valido’s Starlight (bay, gelding, 14.2hh, 10yrs, s. Valido) as a direct reserve pony.
First reserve
- Lara Kuropatwa (13) from Malmesbury, Wiltshire with Samantha Jayne Brown’s Le Chiffre (chestnut, stallion, 14hh, 7yrs, s. Caesar 171)
Second reserve
- Rose Hugh-Smith (14) riding her own Holsteins Derwisch (Black, Gelding, 14.2hh, 9yrs, s. F S Disagio) from Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
Photo © Astrid Appels
Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2014 European Pony Championships