British team manager Rob Hoekstra has named his squad for the Nations Cup at Hickstead next month (1 August). Guy Williams, Ben Maher, Robert Whitaker, William Whitaker and Jessie Drea will represent the country at the show, part of the Furusiyya FEI 5* Nations Cup series. The Hickstead competition will be the third of four within the series in which Great Britain aim to secure a place in the final and in next year’s series. Full squad: Jessie Drea and Touchable, a 13 year-old chestnut mare owned by Lynne Humphries and Equine America. Ben Maher and 11-year-old mare Wings Sublieme, owned by Stone Ridge Farms LLC. Robert Whitaker, with his parent’s (John and Clare) 11 year-old stallion Catwalk IV. William Whitaker with his partner’s (Elisabeth Fredlund) 11-year-old bay gelding Fandango. Guy Williams and 10-year-old bay gelding Zaire, owned by Caroline Phillips.
