Visitors to the London International Horse Show at Olympia (15-21 December) can look forward to watching Britain’s best go head-to-head with some of the world’s top riders.
All eyes will be on Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas in the FEI World Cup Dressage qualifier, supported by Horse & Hound, to see if they can break another world record.
Competing against the wonder horse are expected to be competitors from six nations, including the Netherlands’ European gold and silver medallist Adelinde Cornelissen and Britain’s European bronze medallist Laura Bechtolsheimer. Other British riders nominated to attend include Richard Davison, Fiona Bigwood, Steph Croxford, Carl Hester, Judy Harvey and Lizzie Murray.
Twenty riders will contest the dressage grand prix on Tuesday 15 December with the top 15 going forwards to the kur on Wednesday 16 December.
Show jumping gets underway on Thursday with 60 riders from 17 nations listed in the nominated entries. The Whitaker family will be leading the British contingent, with John, Michael, Ellen and Robert Whitaker all expected to attend. Other British riders to look out for include Ben Maher, Tim Stockdale, Peter Charles, Nick Skelton and Geoff Billington.
The overseas competition looks set to include Australia’s Edwina Alexander, Belgium’s Jos Lansink, Ireland’s Billy Twomey, Sweden’s Malin Baryard-Johnsson and Albert Zoer from the Netherlands. Germany has a 10-strong representation including Christian Ahlmann, Toni Hassmann and Franke Sloothaak, so competition is bound to be fierce.
Tickets for Olympia are selling fast with 90% of tickets sold for 8 of the 12 performances. Prompt booking is recommended to ensure you don’t miss out, so call the box office on 0871 230 5580 or book online at www.olympiahorseshow.com
NB: These are the nominated entries and the riders may change between now and the show
NOMINATED ENTRIES FEI WORLD CUP DRESSAGE supported by Horse & Hound
Belgium
- Jeroen Devroe
- Philippe Jorissen
Canada
- Evi Strasser
France
- Marc Boblet
Great Britain
- Henriette Andersen
- Laura Bechtolsheimer
- Fiona Bigwood
- Stephanie Croxford
- Richard Davison
- Sarah-Jane Elmslie
- Judith Harvey
- Carl Hester
- Lizzie Murray
The Netherlands
- Adelinde Cornelissen
- Edward Gal
- Jeanette Haazen
- Christa Laarakkers
- Hans Peter Minderhoud
United States of America
- Kenneth Dyrby
- Catherine Haddad
NOMIMATED ENTRIES ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING presented by H&M
Australia
- Edwina Alexander
Austria
- Stefan Eder
- Christian Fries
- Julia Kayser
- Gerfried Puck
Belgium
- Rik Hemeryck
- Jos Lansink
- Philippe Le Jeune
Denmark
- Thomas Velin
Spain
- Pilar Cordon Muro
Finland
- Mikael Forsten
- Sebastian Numminen
France
- Timothée Anciaume
- Roger-Yves Bost
- Patrice Delaveau
- Julien Epaillard
- Olivier Guillon
- Pénélope Leprevost
- Michel Robert
- Kevin Staut
Great Britain
- Geoff Billington
- Peter Charles
- Ben Maher
- Laura Renwick
- Nick Skelton
- Robert Smith
- Tim Stockdale
- Ellen Whitaker
- John Whitaker
- Michael Whitaker
- Robert Whitaker
- Guy Williams
Germany
- Christian Ahlmann
- Gilbert Bockmann
- Daniel Deusser
- Toni Hassmann
- Andreas Knippling
- Max Kuhner
- Janne-Friederike Meyer
- Thomas Muhlbauer
- Franke Sloothaak
- Philipp Weishaupt
Ireland
- Billy Twomey
Italy
- Natale Chiaudani
- Giuseppe D’Onofrio
The Netherlands
- Marc Houtzager
- Piet Raymakers Jr
- Harrie Smolders
- Leon Thijssen
- Eric van der Vleuten
- Albert Zoer
Norway/strong>
- Geir Gulliken
Portugal
- Luciana Diniz
Switzerland
- Clarissa Crotta
- Steve Guerdat
- Beat Mandli
- Pius Schwizer
Sweden
- Malin Baryard-Johnsson
- Svante Johannson
United States of America
- Laura Kraut
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