Reserves;
Adam Gillespie, 21 from Northumberland, and his own 12 year old gelding Kasseedorf
Libby Seed, 19 from Wiltshire, on the 11 year old gelding Tullamore Dew II, owned by Mrs Louise Knock
Speaking about the selection, Chairman of Selectors Alex Colquhoun;
“We are delighted to announce the squad to defend our title from last year. This year we have had a difficult choice from a strong and experienced entry all of whom on the shortlist we would have been happy to have taken.
“We would like to thank our title sponsor Askham Bryan for their ongoing support together with UK Sport, The National Lottery and Equestrian Team GBR suppliers.”
The selected six, who include three members of the gold medal winning team from the 2015 Young Rider European Championships – Will Furlong, Ella Hitchman and Emily King, will be looking to defend their gold medal won in Poland last year and Furlong will also be hoping to again take home the individual gold as he did 12 months ago.
Funding and Support
The British Young Rider Programme and squad are generously supported by title sponsors Askham Bryan, you can read more about the Young Rider and British Eventing’s range of youth programmes for all levels on www.britisheventing.com/youtheventing.
The British Young Rider, Junior, Pony European Championship teams are supported by the British Equestrian Federation’s UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Programme.
British Eventing are also grateful to the Horse Trials Support Group (HTSG) for their unerring support and fundraising efforts for the youth eventing teams.
The teams are also kindly supported by official Equestrian Team GBR suppliers; Dodson and Horrell, Equi-Trek, Land Rover, NAF, NuuMed, Point Two Equine, Tagg Equestrian and Toggi.
