The Spanish Equestrian Federation (RFHE) has announced the senior Grand Prix combinations which have been invited to the first squad training clinic with team trainer Rudolf Zeilinger in January 2018.
The RFHE annually organizes squad training sessions with all team trainers before the start of the outdoor competition season. It will give the team trainer an idea of the level of the horses and will form the starting point for official squad selection for CDI participation.
The training sessions are divided in three geographical zones: the south, centre and east of Spain. The clinics start in the south at Dos Lunas in Malaga (29 January - 1 February 2018), followed by the central clinic at Campo Villa de Madrid (5 - 8 February 2018) and finally the eastern clinic in Barcelona at the Open Sports Club (12 - 15 February 2018).
Zeilinger heads the senior Grand Prix training sessions, Rafael Soto is the team trainer for the national promotion squad and young horse squad and Jenny Eriksson is the team trainer for the youth riders.
The Grand Prix combinations invited to the training sessions are:
- Beatriz Ferrer Salat - Elegance
- Jordi Domingo - Statesman
- Agustí Elías - Altaneiro
- Jose M. Lucena - Wolk
- Rosa Tarrasón - Amarelo
- Sandra Peña - Sabbatik Rubi
- Juan Lecina - Vetusto -
- Lauro Aguiló - Etosha and Bojangles
- Juan Perez Pulido - Sir Marq
- Juan Lecina - Yerbero
- Claudio Castilla - Alcaide, Caramba and Icaro LIX
- Sergio Martín Palos - Batuta
- Juan A. Jimenez - Sunny Boy
- Ismael Sánchez - Dominante
- Valvanera Palacios - Don Corleone
- Brigitte van der Hagen - Rupert
- Angel Dorado - A Whisper van de B
- Miguel Ruiz - Roscatelli
- Antonio Verdejo - Kafu
- Sonsoles Roldán - Deo HPV
- Belén Bautista - Fenol
- Jose Antonia García Mena - Benzi
- Jose Ignacio López - Naipe XIII
- Cristóbal Belmonte - Diavolo de Laubry
- Alejandro Asencio - Dalio IX
- Alfonso Expósito - Triguena
- Rafael Reguera - Branco IV
- Anthony L Pelling - Napoleon Candau
- Juan Manuel Muñoz - Divertido de Sasa
- Jose Daniel Martin Dockx - Oxido
- Cristina Durán - Manchego ARB
- Rafael Reguera - Branco
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