Olympic champions Ros Canter, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen are among the list of riders who have been nominated to represent Great Britain at the eventing World Championships, which will take place in Aachen from Tuesday 11 – Sunday 23 August.
The trio has been named with the same horses who they partnered to Olympic glory in Paris two years ago.
Ros has been nominated with her Badminton and Burghley winner Lordships Graffalo, Laura has been named with her European Championship-winning partner London 52 while Tom has been selected aboard both JL Dublin, with who he finished fourth individually at the 2024 Olympics, and Brookfield Quality, with whom he finished fifth in Kentucky this spring.
Also on the list are Caroline Harris and D Day, who triumphed at Luhmuhlen last week, Bubby Upton and It’s Cooley Time, who successfully defended their Bramham title earlier this month, and Gemma Stevens with both Cooley Park Muze and Flash Cooley.
The full list of nominations for the British Equestrian dressage team, in partnership with Agria, is:
- Sarah Bullimore with Brett Bullimore, Christopher Gillespie, Susan Gillespie and Bruce Saint’s Corimiro (chestnut, gelding, 10yrs, 17hh, Amiro Z x Lovis Corinth, breeder: Brett and Sarah Bullimore GBR)
- Rosalind Canter with Archie and Michele Saul’s Lordships Graffalo (bay, gelding, 14yrs, 17hh, Birkhof’s Grafenstolz TSF x Rock King, breeders: Lordships Stud and Pennie Wallace GBR)
- Laura Collett with Karen Bartlett, Keith Scott and her own London 52 (bay, gelding, 17yrs, 16.3hh, Landos x Quinar, breeder: Ocke Riewarts GER)
- David Doel with Mary Fox, Gillian Jonas and his own Galileo Nieuwmoed (dark bay, gelding, 15yrs, 17hh, Carambole x Harcos, breeders: J. W. and A. P. Jurrius NED)
- Caroline Harris with Lucy Matthews, Fiona Olivier, Marie Anne Richards and Heather Royle’s D. Day (bay, gelding, 12yrs, 16.1hh, Billy Mexico x Dilum XX, breeder: Fiona Olivier GBR)
- Yasmin Ingham with Janette Chinn and The Sue Davies Fund’s Gypsie du Loir (dark bay, mare, 10yrs, 16.2hh, Herald 3 x Canaletto, breeder: Pierre Gouye FRA)
- Tom Jackson with Michael Stenning’s United 36 (bay, gelding, 10yrs, 16.2hh, Ucello x Espiri, breeder: Heinrich Bohmke GER)
- Katie Magee with Angela Hislop’s Treworra (bay, gelding, 12yrs, 17hh, Jaguar Mail x Tower of Magic, breeder: Preci Spark Ltd GBR)
- Tom McEwen with John and Chloe Perry and Alison Swinburn’s Brookfield Quality (bay, gelding, 17yrs, 16.2hh, OBOS Quality x Cavalier Royale, breeder: Sean Kelly IRL), and James and Jo Lambert and Deirdre Johnston’s JL Dublin (dark brown, gelding, 15yrs, 16.2hh, Diarado x Cantano, breeder: Volker Göttsche-Götze GER)
- Harry Meade with Charlotte and Peter Opperman’s Cavalier Crystal (bay, mare, 16yrs, 16.3hh, Jack of Diamonds x Cavalier Royale, breeder: Thomas Horgan IRL)
- Selina Milnes with Angela Rucker and William Rucker’s Cooley Snapchat (bay, gelding, 12yrs, 16.3hh, Kannan x VDL Arkansas, breeder: Alan Wheeler IRL)
- Gemma Stevens with The Rex Syndicate’s Cooley Park Muze (bay, gelding, 10yrs, 16.1hh, Pollux de Muze Z x L’Arc de Triomphe, breeder: TJM Equestrian IRL) and Pru Dawes’ Flash Cooley (grey, gelding, 14yrs, 16.1hh, CSF Mr Kroon x OBOS Quality, breeder: Jim O’Neill IRL)
- Bubby Upton with Jane Dear, Susan de Zulueta, Susie Holland-Bosworth, The Duchess of Norfolk, Hilary Russell and her own Its Cooley Time (grey, gelding, 11yrs, 16.1hh, Quality Time TN x Heartbreaker, breeder: Ishennisnag Stud IRL)
Selection decisions are subject to the athlete and horse maintaining fitness and performance. The selected squad of five combinations to travel to Aachen, plus non-travelling reserves, will be announced at a later date.
Images © Tim Wilkinson/Your Horse.
