Squad announced for Al Ain Nations Cup

Friday 29 January 2016

The British squad selected for the CSIO 5* FEI Furusiyya Nations Cup show in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi which runs between the 17 – 20th February are as follows.

Joe Clayton from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with Conman JX, a 9 year-old bay gelding owned by Sarah Billington.

Joe Davison from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire with Calimero Van't Roth, a 14 year-old bay gelding owned by Team Harmony

Jessie Drea from Haywards Heath, West Sussex with her own Mullaghdrin Touch The Stars an 11 year-old bay stallion.

Chloe Winchester from Eye, Norfolk with Avoca Valkyrie a 13 year-old bay mare owned by Gillian Winchester.

The Nations Cup competition takes place on Thursday 18th February at 14:00 hrs local time and the Grand Prix on Saturday 20th February at 14:30hrs local time.   The Chef d’Equipe accompanying the squad will be Di Lampard, the World Class Showjumping Performance Manager.

Further information on the show and for results once the show is underway can be found by visiting www.csio-odense.dk .  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.

The British Showjumping Teams are supported by the UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Programme.

The World Class Development Programme underpins World Class Performance and, together with the Equine Pathway, they comprise the Equestrian World Class Programme, incorporating the three Olympic sports of dressage, eventing, showjumping and the Paralympic sport of para-equestrian dressage.  The Programme has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, through Exchequer and National Lottery funds, via UK Sport since 1998.