Jonelle Price promoted into NZ eventing team for WEG

Jonelle Price together with Classic Moet.

New Zealand Olympic together with World Equestrian Games veteran Caroline Powell has withdrawn from the country’s squad for the upcoming Games inwards Normandy, paving the agency for Jonelle Price to bring together the team.

With the add-on of Jonelle, it volition locomote the outset fourth dimension a hubby together with married adult woman combination convey made the team, with Tim Price with the master copy riders named.

Powell, who was a fellow member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 2010 footing champs, has had to remove later on her Equus caballus Onwards together with Upwards failed to shake a “niggling injury”.

“I am absolutely gutted, but convey ever said that if he wasn’t 100% I would pace aside together with allow somebody else go,” said Powell, who is confident the Equus caballus volition locomote dorsum competing soon.

“He is a stunning Equus caballus together with in ane lawsuit nosotros larn this work sorted out he volition locomote dorsum stronger than ever.”

Jonelle Price, who was utilisation of the bronze medal-winning squad at the London Olympics, comes inwards as an private aboard Classic Moet.

“She’s relatively novel together with has had a fairly quick ride through to 4 star level, but she is a gutsy footling mare who has improved at a charge per unit of measurement that I for certain didn’t expect,” Price said.

Price figures the British-bred thoroughbred (Classic x Gamston Bubbles) volition locomote good suited to the course of didactics inwards Normandy, together with spell she is small, at 16.1hh, she has a huge heart.

“I’m really excited to convey the chance – I’m distressing for Caroline to come upwards inwards similar this but nosotros are all united inwards this game together with portion the highs together with lows of the sport. If it was the other agency around, I would locomote as supportive of her as she is of me.”

Price was planning on having 2 mounts at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, which are but a calendar week later on the World Champs, but to right away convey ane at both overstep events is “the ultimate”.

And she hopes it is but the outset of many entitle teams she together with her hubby Tim volition brand together.

New Zealand has a successful history at WEG – the squad won golden inwards 1990 together with 1998, together with bronze inwards 2010. Individually, golden medals convey been won yesteryear Blyth Tait together with Messiah inwards 1990, Vaughn Jefferis together with Bounce inwards 1994, together with Tait together with Ready Teddy inwards 1998. Mark Todd together with Broadcast News won silvery inwards 1998, together with inwards 2010 Andrew Nicholson together with Nereo won bronze.

The New Zealand squad for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games is:

• Andrew Nicholson, Nereo (owned yesteryear Libby Sellar) or Avebury (owned yesteryear Rosemary together with Mark Barlow);
• Mark Todd, Leonidas (owned yesteryear Peter Cattrell together with Di Brunsden);
• Tim Price on Wesko (owned yesteryear Christina Knudsen, Peter Vela, Lucy Sangster together with Kate Watchman);
• Jock Paget on Clifton Promise (owned yesteryear Frances Stead together with Russell Hall).

Individuals:

• Lucy Jackson, Willy Do (owned yesteryear Mark, Gillian together with Charlotte Greenlees);
• Jonelle Price, Classic Moet (owned yesteryear Trisha Rickards).

Reserves:

• Tim Price, Ringwood Sky Boy (owned yesteryear Robert Taylor, Selwood.com together with Price);
• Megan Heath, St Daniel.

 

 

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