Young Rider and Junior European eventing teams named

British Eventing has named the teams that will compete at the upcoming FEI Young Rider and Junior European Eventing Championships, held in Montelibretti, Italy (22 – 25 September).

The Askham Bryan Young Rider squad representing Team GB are Kate Bleloch, 20, from Warwickshire, on her own 10-year-old gelding Bulano; Sam Ecroyd, 19, from Flintshire, riding the nine-year-old gelding Opera House, owned by Mrs Penelope Ecroyd; Will Furlong, 21, from East Sussex, with his own 13-year-old gelding Livingstone II; Ella Hitchman, 20, from Gloucestershire, on her own 13-year-old gelding Rocky Rockstar; Emily King, (pictured) 20 from Devon, riding the eight-year-old gelding Dargun, owned by Mrs Jane Del Missier; and India Wishart, 21, from Oxon, with her own 10-year-old gelding The Masters Harry

The reserves are Adam Gillespie (riding Kasseedorf) and Libby Seed (Tullamore Dew II).

The selected squad include three members of the gold medal-winning team from the 2015 Young Rider European Championships – Will Furlong, Ella Hitchman and Emily King. The team will be looking to defend their gold medal won in Poland last year, while Will Furlong will also be hoping to again take retain the individual gold.

The Racesafe eventing squad that will represent Great Britain in the FEI Junior European Championships comprise of Felicity Collins, 18, from East Sussex, with the seven-year-old German gelding, RSH Contendor, owned by Ms Vicky Collins and Mrs Avirna Milton; Richard Coney, 17, from Lincolnshire, and his own eight-year-old Irish gelding Kananaskis; Phoebe Locke, 16, from Somerset, and the eight-year-old Irish gelding Union Fortunus, owned by Phoebe and Miss Jamie-lee Day; Chelsea Pearce, 17, from Wiltshire, with her own 11-year-old Dutch gelding Albert VI; Chelsea Round, 17 from Warwickshire, and her own nine-year-old British gelding Fleetwood Mac V; and Bubby Upton, 17, from Suffolk, with Eros DHI, a seven-year-old Dutch gelding owned by Mrs Rachel Upton.

First reserve is Storm Straker (Well Designed) while the additional reserves are Ailsa Wates (Woodlands Persuasion) and Harriet Wright (Ngong Hills).