International indoor horse driving showcase event
The Carriagehouse Insurance British Indoor Horse Driving Trials Championships this weekend (3-5 April) will feature a new international competition.
The event, at The College Equestrian Centre, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, will include for the first time an international showcase event, based on the rules of four-in-hand World Cup competitions.
Two obstacles will be set out, together with cones and a bridge, and drivers from England Ireland Scotland and Wales, as well as possibly some European drivers, will try to get round in the fastest time.
Each country can put forward two pairs drivers and two singles drivers for the competition on Saturday (4 April).
Selection trials have been run in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the national teams are:
England
Manager: Barbara Nadin.
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
Team: Chris Orchard, pair; Julie Hoskyns, pair; Frank Campbell, single; Cathy Willis, single.
Reserves: Fiona Powell, single; Philip Reeves, pair.
Ireland
Manager: Christine Legate-Baggs
Team: Joseph Adams, pair; Christine Legate-Baggs, pair; Jackie Ellis, single; Adam Wyllie, single.
Scotland
Manager: Amanda Saville
Team: Amanda Nisbet, pair; John Nisbet, pair; Ollie Dermie, single; Meggan Carruthers, single.
Reserve: Christine James
Wales
Manager: James Broome
Team: Gareth Roberts, pair; Modris Kesans, pair; Jonathan Rees, single; Emily Hams, single.
Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now
A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.