Long lists for FEI Dressage European Championships for Youth announced

As a result of competitions to date, the British Dressage U21 Selectors, Nikki Herbert, Leanne Wall and Richard Baldwin, are delighted to release their long lists of riders in contention for a place at the FEI Children on Horses/Pony/Junior/Young Rider European Championships 2022.

The lists indicate athlete/pony/horse combinations from which the Team and/or Individuals and Reserves may be selected, but it does not preclude any that are not named but may still obtain scores that would be considered for selection.

Children on Horses
Crystal Robinson-Long (14) from Westerham, Kent with her own Evita Ronia (dark bay mare, 2009, Westpoint x Oscar, KWPN).

Ponies
Mette Dahl (15) from Haywards Heath, West Sussex with Fiona Bigwood’s George Clooney BS (grey gelding, 2011, Caesar 171 x Santano, KWPN)

Sofia Games (13) from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with Janet Oliver and Katie Oliver-Games’ Mister Snowman (liver chestnut gelding, 2006, The Braes My Mobility x Llanarth Most Triton, OLDBG), Katie Oliver-Games’ Next Black Magic (black gelding, 2008, Nabucco R x FS Pour l’Amour, WESTF) and Katie Oliver-Games’ Steendieks Cadillac (chestnut gelding, 2011, FS Chambertin, HOLST).

Lauren Geraghty (16) from Derby, Derbyshire with her own WS Jackson (chestnut gelding, 2011, Chiskin Jaguar x His Highness, AES).

Myles Graham (14) from Swindon, Wiltshire with Caron Roberts’ Dresscode Cocktail (dun gelding, Top Carlos Cassini, WESTF).

Demi Howard-Cartwright (14) from Ascot, Berkshire with her own Fin C WE (chestnut gelding, 2003, Famos x Eiger III).

Juniors
India Durman-Mills (17) from Leicester, Leicestershire with Verity Saul’s Escade (bay gelding, 2009, Jazz, KWPN).

Myles Graham (14) from Swindon, Wiltshire with Caroline Bell’s Nibeley Union Hit (dark bay mare, 2007, Nibeley Union Jack x Sandro Hit, AES).

Ruby Hughes (14) from Southam, Warwickshire with Lucy Amy’s Extra Time P (dark bay gelding, 2009, Goodtimes, AES).

Isobel Lickley (17) from Wolverhampton, Staffordshire with Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Furstin Fugger (dark bay gelding, 2011, Fürst Heinrich x Weltmeyer, WESTF).

Annabella Pidgley (17) from Windsor, Berkshire with Sarah Pidgley’s Sultan des Paluds FRH (liver chestnut gelding, 2010, Soliman de Hus x De Niro, HANN) and Sarah Pidgley’s Espe (bay mare, 2014, Escolar x Dimaggio, WESTF).

Sophie Wallace (15) from Stroud, Gloucestershire with Laura Tomlinson and Ursula Bechtolsheimer’s Rosalie B (black mare, 2006, Rubin Royal x Newcastle. WESTF).

Young Riders
Caitlin Burgess (20) from Berkeley, Gloucestershire with her own Chocotof (brown gelding, 2007, Lord Leatherdale, KWPN).

Anna Dalrymple (19) from Horsham, West Sussex with Maxine Vainio’s Vagabond de Massa (bay gelding, 2009, Reito x Xaquiro, LUSIT).

Maddy Frewin (19) from Bristol with Mark Philpott’s Blue Hors Dexter (black gelding, 2007, Don Schufro x Blue Hors Cavan, DWB).

Jessie Kirby (18) from Swindon, Wiltshire with Muriel Dauphin's Windy de la Roche CMF (black mare, 2011, Sir Donnerhall II x Walt Disney I, ChS).

Jessica McConkey (19) from Watlington, Oxfordshire with her own Lady Gaga (bay mare, 2009, Quaterback x Solos Landwind, DWB) and her own Wilson Stensvang (black gelding, 2010, Wilkens x Blue Hors Don Schufro, DWB).

Charlotte McDowall (20) from Newent, Gloucestershire with Charlotte Dujardin’s Alive and Kicking (dark bay mare, 2014, All at Once x Fürst Piccolo, WESTF).

Sophie Taylor (19) from Rugby, Warwickshire with her own Jerrydale (bay gelding, 2014, Everdale, KWPN).

FEI Dressage European Championships for Youth 2022 will take place as follows:

FEI Junior and Young Rider European Championships
Hartpury, Great Britain, 25 – 31 July.

FEI Pony European Championships
Strzegom, Poland, 03 – 07 August.

FEI Children on Horses European Championships
Budapest region – Pilisjászfalu, Hungary, 24 – 28 August.

Short lists will be announced mid June, with the actual teams and reserves announced during the w/c 24 June.