Posted: Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Boosted by the British Team’s recent historic European gold medal triumph in Rotterdam, team gold and individual silver medallist Carl Hester and his Horse Uthopia are expected to spearhead the 10-strong British challenge in the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Qualifier supported by Horse & Hound on Tuesday 13th December, and the Freestyle to Music on 14th December.
Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro, who also won European team gold this year, will be making their Olympia and World Cup debut , while Laura Bechtolsheimer has entered both her European gold medal winning partner Mistral Hojris and Andretti H with who she won the British National Championship in September.
International nominated entries include Hans Peter Minderhoud and his stallion IPS Tango from the Netherlands (currently third in the World Cup™ standings), German European Team bronze medallist Helen Langehanenberg and her horses Damon Hill and Responsible, and compatriot and Olympia first timer Anja Plonzke and Le Mont D’Or.
Show Jumping classes at Olympia begin on Thursday 15th December, with the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Qualifier presented by H&M taking place on Sunday 18th.
Sixty-one competitors from seventeen Nations have been nominated; seven of them are from the FEI’s World Rankings top 10 and thirteen from the top 20.
Highlights include Edwina Alexander from Australia, Belgian Jos Lansink, French riders Pénélope Leprevost and Kevin Staut and, possibly one of the strongest British contingents seen in a long time including Scott Brash, William Funnell, Ben Maher, Laura Renwick, Nick Skelton, Robert Smith, Guy Williams, John Whitaker, Robert Whitaker and last year’s Olympia Rolex FEI World Cup winner Michael Whitaker.
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