Nick Burton to become BD chief of selectors

Former international eventer Nick Burton will replace British Dressage (BD) chief of selectors David Trott next year.

David will stand down at the BD AGM in June and relinquish his position as international teams director, after serving the maximum term. But he will remain World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) dressage manager.

Mr Burton represented Britain in eventing, is an international eventing judge, a list 2a dressage judge, dressage trainer for the (WCPP) start and potential event squads, trains with Carl Hester and competes at small tour dressage.

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