BRITISH PARA SHOWJUMPING RIDERS TO COMPETE IN LA BAULE
Thursday 06 May 2010
A squad of British Para Showjumping riders will make the journey to compete in an international competition taking place during the Meydan FEI Nations Cup in La Baule, France next week.
Chef d’Equipe Anne Newbery will accompany six British representatives to take part in a range of competitions ranging from 70cms up to 1.20m, graded according to the riders’ disability, including a competition for the guided blind.
Eighteen year-old Toby Bevins from Chippenham in Wiltshire will ride Caroline Phillips’ 10 year-old chestnut gelding Askan Van Overis.
Twenty year-old Alex McNamara from Louth in Lincolnshire will partner his own fourteen year-old skewbald gelding Just Azbach.
Karen Bostock from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire will ride her own eight year-old chestnut gelding Rossini IV.
Heather Bennett from Goole, North Hunberside will take two horses; Uptown, a nine year-old chestnut gelding and Relite, a twelve year-old bay mare.
Susi Rogers-Hartley from Kings Lynn in Norfolk will ride her own Dante Silver Dollar, a nine year-old grey gelding.
Louise Hacker from Clevedon, North Somerset will ride her own nine year-old brown gelding Enrico IV.
Para Showjumping competitions in La Baule take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May. Results can be followed at www.labaule-cheval.com.