Olympic contenders for Chatsworth World Cup leg
Dozens of world-class riders are entered for the Chatsworth Horse Trials side past times side month, a World Cup resultant as well as 1 of the final major competitions earlier the Olympics.
Set inwards the Chatsworth Park on the weekend of May 12 as well as 13, the resultant is proving a pop pick for Olympic hopefuls every bit it provides first-class training for the terrain of Greenwich Park.
Horse Trials manager Tissie Reason said: “I incertitude there’s a meliorate chance to come across then much Olympic shape at closed quarters. It’s a groovy chance to drib dead caught upward inwards the excitement every bit nosotros railroad train upward to the Olympics, alongside the adventure to come across horses as well as riders that could last picking upward medals inwards a few weeks time.”
Last year’s CIC3* World Cup circular winner Emily Baldwin volition last dorsum alongside Drivetime to defend her title.
Top riders from Sweden, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Italy, Jamaica as well as Brazil volition besides accept on the 23 jumps of the 4000m course, chasing the dream of Olympic selection for their country. Almost 600 riders are competing including British contenders Tina Cook, Mary King, Zara Phillips, William Fox-Pitt, Piggy French, Ruth Edge as well as Lucy Wiegersma. New Zealanders Mark Todd as well as Andrew Nicholson, as well as Australia’s starters include Clayton as well as Lucinda Fredericks as well as Andrew Hoy.
Olympic medalist as well as course of written report designer Ian Stark said: “This year’s course of written report is existence reversed inwards direction to laissez passer on a to a greater extent than gentle introduction. It besides agency the horses volition exclusively induce got to climb the primary loma once. It’s of import that the horses induce got a confidence-building function inwards training for London then the tougher combinations induce got been softened a little, although it is withal really much a World Cup Class!”
Burghley as well as Kentucky Horse Trials winner William Fox-Pitt, who volition last bringing his horses Lionheart as well as Oslo to compete, said: “I induce got ever enjoyed riding at Chatsworth as well as it volition last exciting to come across how the novel course of written report rides. It’s a welcome modify inwards this Olympic year.”
Chatsworth Horse Trials is besides the exclusively Britain circular of the FEI World Cup Eventing. Chatsworth is the rootage contest inwards this year’s serial of 5 international competitions.
At Chatsworth, visitors volition besides last able to come across the stars of tomorrow inwards the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse qualifiers on Friday. The primary weekend days besides furnish lots of fun for all the household unit of measurement alongside amusement including the Pony Club mounted games, ferret racing, John Halsted as well as the Duchess of Devonshire’s ain gundogs, dressage demonstrations, maypole dancing, expression upward ikon as well as children’s rides.
More information: www.chatsworth.org/horsetrials
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