US showjumping chef d’equipe to retire after Olympics
The United Stated Equestrian Federation (USEF) has set up a search committee to find a jumping chef d’equipe, to take over the reins from George H Morris in 2013.
The committee will be chaired by USEF judge Eric Straus and includes riders Karen O’Connor and Beezie Madden.
Morris led the U.S. Team to Silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games and Gold at the 2008 Olympic Games
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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.