British Showjumping’s Team Cavalor Announced for Sopot CSIO5* Nations Cup

Thursday 26 May 2016

British Showjumping’s Team Cavalor Announced for Sopot CSIO5* Nations Cup

The British Showjumping team selected for the CSIO 5* Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup in Sopot, Poland which runs between 9th – 12th June 2016 is as follows:

Douglas Duffin from Dollar, Clackmannanshire with Quidam B Z, an 11 year-old bay stallion whom he jointly owns with Richard Jenkinson

Jess Mendoza, who is based in The Netherlands, with Sam De Bacon, a 10 year-old bay gelding owned by Sarah Mendoza

Spencer Roe from South Hykeham, Lincolnshire with Wonder Why, a 13 year-old bay gelding owned by Sally Roe

Robert Smith from Shrewley, Warwickshire with his own 11 year-old bay mare Bavi

Tim Stockdale from Roade, Northamptonshire with Fleur De l’Aube, an 11 year-old bay mare owned by Marjorie Glasgow and Clark Glasgow

The Nations Cup competition takes place on Friday 10th June 14.00 hrs local time and the Grand Prix will take place on Sunday 12th June at 14:00 hrs local time. The Chef d’Equipe accompanying the team will be World Class Performance Manager for Showjumping, Di Lampard.

For further information on the show and full results once the show is underway, visit www.csio.sopot.pl. Full information in respect of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup series can be found by visiting www.fei.org.

FEI TV will be showing live footage from the event. To access this please visit www.feitv.org.

British Showjumping would like to thank Cavalor, who are the title sponsors of their Senior Nations Cup Teams. More information on Cavalor and their products dedicated to the nutritional needs of high performance horses can be found at www.cavalor.com/uk-en.

The British Jumping teams are also supported by the Equestrian World Class Programme.

The programme, which encompasses both Podium and Podium Potential squads, focuses on identifying talent, developing potential and maximising medal winning performances on the world stage. The Programme has been funded by the National Lottery via UK Sport since 1998 and is a portfolio within the British Equestrian Federation.