Para driving comes to Sandringham

The Queen’s Sandringham Estate will host the FEI World Para Equestrian Driving Championships on the 26-29 June.

8 nations — Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Hungary and Italy — will compete in the 3-day event, which features dressage, cross-country and cone-driving.

The British team of 3 will consist of Mick Ward (Toby), Deborah Daniel (Valeside Galaxy) and Lindsey Tyas Paice (Trixie’s Silver Spirit owned by Lady Iveagh).

Individuals will be Lucy Barclay (first team reserve), Sue Johnson, Judi Ralls, Margaret Lupton and Sarah Baverstock. As host nation, Britain can enter 5 individuals as well as the team.

This will be the first time driving World Championships have taken place in England, although they were held at Hopetoun in Scotland in 2004. 

Entry is free. Visit: www.britishcarriagedriving.co.uk

First published in Horse & Hound magazine on 29 May 2014

Martha Terry

H&H features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on dogs of all shapes and sizes. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs, one a street dog from Gambia who was abandoned at three weeks old. Now, her constant companion, whether by her feet at her desk or walking cross-country courses, is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.