British announce team for Nations Cup Linz

British announce team for Nations Cup Linz
The following squad has been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team NAF in the CSIO4* FEI Nations Cup in Linz, Austria. The competition takes place between the 4th – 7th May 2017 at the Linzer Pferdefestival. This will be the first point scoring leg of the series for the British Team.

Alison Barton from Bradford, Yorkshire with the 10 year-old chestnut mare Roma IV, owned by Gaye Hartley

Joe Clayton from Nottinghamshire with the 10 year-old bay gelding Con Man JX, owned by Sarah Billington

Robert Smith from Shrewley, Warwickshire with his own 12 year-old bay mare Bavi

Michael Whitaker from Whatton, Nottinghamshire with the 12 year-old grey stallion Cassionato, owned by Gary Widdowson, Beverley Widdowson and Hayley Robertson

Robert Whitaker from Sidcup, Kent with the 14 year-old brown gelding Catwalk IV, owned by Clare Whitaker and Mandy Hall

The Nations Cup competition takes place on Friday 5th May at 16:00 hrs local time and the Grand Prix will be on Sunday 7th May at 15:00 hrs local time. The Chef d’Equipe accompanying the team will be World Class Performance Manager for Showjumping, Di Lampard.

For further information on the show and full results once the show is underway, visit www.linzerpferdefestival.at. Full information in respect of the FEI Nations Cup series can be found by visiting www.fei.org.