NZ’s WEG para-equestrian en route to France
New Zealand’s sole para-dressage passenger at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games leaves for Europe on Sunday.
Canterbury passenger Anthea Dixon, 32, is the nation’s commencement para-equestrian passenger to compete at the World Equestrian Games.
The London Paralympian is looking forwards to beingness reunited with her Equus caballus Doncartier (owned past times Australian Bella Robson) in addition to getting into the concluding run of grooming before competing.
Dixon volition caput straightaway to Stuttgart inward Deutschland where she volition base of operations betwixt trainer Hayley Beresford’s 2 stables.
“I am excited to teach dorsum to Don in addition to making it all happen,” she said. “We volition move focusing on the character of our function when nosotros teach in that place … in addition to making a few tweaks to our freestyle test.”
Robson, who is Dixon’s master copy trainer, has been keeping Don “ticking over” inward her absence.
“It’s groovy for Bella to convey her best man child on the globe stage.”
Dixon has been watching with involvement the scores from the transcend para dressage competitors she is probable to come upwards up against at the globe champs inward French Republic subsequently this month.
“There’s been no existent surprises really,” she says. “It is the same 4 or 5 who are at the transcend tier in addition to my destination is to move alongside them. It is definitely achievable … there’s non a lot inward it.”
Dixon says she is incredibly lucky to convey such a company squad behind her – groom Jenny Affleck, Robson, Beresford in addition to assistant groom Jessica Brechin.
“Having that trust in addition to confidence inward the squad lets me focus on what I require to do,” she says.
“It is all then unbelievable how it has all come upwards together – to convey an chance similar this in addition to convey everything function … I simply promise it continues correct through.”
Dixon heads to France on August 22. She is hopeful of catching upwards with New Zealand’s vaulting team, who are based non far from her inward Deutschland for their pre-champs build-up.
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