British showjumping teams announced for Nations Cups
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The riders who will represent Great Britain at the first Nations Cup of the 2012 promotional league season, at Lummen on (3-6 May), and at the opener to the top level competition, La Baule (10-13 May), have been announced.
The team for La Baule is:
- Nick Skelton with Big Star, owned by Beverley Widdowson
- Ben Maher with Tripple X III, owned by Ben and the Quainton Stud
- Peter Charles with Murka’s Vindicat W, owned by Olga White and Tara Charles
- Scott Brash with Intertoy Z, owned by his father, Stanley Brash
- And Guy Williams with Depardieu Van’t Keizeilhof, owned by Lindsay DoranAnd at Lummen:
- Robert Whitaker with USA Today, an 11-year-old bay stallion owned by Mandy Hall.
- Tina Fletcher with Ursula XII, an 11-year-old bay mare owned jointly owned by Lady Kirkham and Lady Harris.
- Will Funnell with Billy Angelo, the 9-year-old chestnut gelding owned by Julie Slade.
- And John Whitaker with Maximillian, an 11-year-old chestnut stallion owned by Clare WhitakerThe team for Lummen is sponsored by Champion.
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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.