Squad for Rome FEI 5* Nations Cup Announced
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Rob Hoekstra, the World Class Showjumping Performance Manager has announced his squad of five that will be travelling to La Baule in France for the first of the CSIO 5* Furisiyya Nations Cup competitions. The squad of five will consist of the same Horse and Rider combinations that are representing Great Britain at the La Baule Nations Cup event which commences tomorrow in France.
The FEI 5* show which takes place in the Piazza di Siena stadium in Rome takes place between the 23rd and 26th May 2013. The Nations Cup competition takes place on Friday 24th May at 15:15hrs local time. The Grand Prix commences at 14:30hrs local time on Sunday 26th May.
The squad selected are as follows:
Scott Brash MBE, London 2012 Olympic Team Gold Medallist from Peebleshire with his Olympic horse Hello Sanctos, a 13 year-old bay gelding owned by Lady Kirkham and Lord & Lady Harris.
Tina Fletcher from Farringdon, Oxfordshire with Hello Sailor, a 14 year-old gelding owned by Lady Pauline Harris. Tina and Hello Sailor were the travelling reserve horse/rider combination for the London 2012 Olympics.
Ben Maher MBE, London 2012 Olympic Team Gold Medallist from Hertfordshire with Jane Clark’s 11 year-old grey mare Cella with whom he has had considerable success with in recent months in Florida. Cella has only recently arrived in Great Britain and will be making her first appearance on a British team.
Nick Skelton OBE, London 2012 Olympic Team Gold Medallist from Warwickshire. Nick will be riding his Olympic horse Big Star, a 10 year-old bay stallion owned by Beverley Widdowson.
Robert Smith from Warwickshire will be riding his own 10 year-old bay mare Voila, a mare which made her debut on top level Nations Cup teams last year .
Further information on the show and for results once the show is underway can be found by visiting www. Piazzadisiena.com
FEI TV will be showing live footage from the event. To access this please visit www.feitv.org The programme will also be shown at a later date on Eurosport and Horse & Country TV. Please visit www.britishshowjumping.co.ukand click on ‘whats on tv’ for broadcast times.
The British Showjumping Teams are supported by Exchequer and National Lottery funding via UK Sport.
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