Meet the team
Get to know the horses and riders making the voyage to Versailles.
Presenting your Paris Olympic team
Charlotte Fry (28) from Den Hout, the Netherlands, and originally from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with Van Olst Horses and her own Glamourdale (black, stallion, 13yrs, 16.3hh, Lord Leatherdale x Negro, Breeder: J. Rodenburg NED) Groom: Richard Hauwaerts
Carl Hester (56) from Newent, Gloucestershire, with Fiona Bigwood, Mette Dahl and his own Fame (bay, stallion, 14yrs, 16.2hh, Bordeaux 28 x Rhodium, Breeder: V. O. F. G. and M. Gerritsen NED) Groom: Lucy Scudamore
Becky Moody (44) from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, with Jo Cooper and her own Jagerbomb (bay, gelding, 10yrs, 17.1hh, Dante Weltino x Jazz, Breeder: Becky Moody GBR) Groom: Kim Masson
The British Olympic Association made the announcement at the National Motorcycle Museum in the Midlands on Wednesday 26 June, read the full news item below.
Twelve horse and rider combinations were also announced at nomination stage, click the link below to view the short list:
Meet the Paris Paralympic team
Grade 1
Mari Durward-Akhurst (30) from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, with Diane Redfern, Nick Durward-Akhurst and Rob Waine’s Athene Lindebjerg (black, mare, 17yrs, 17hh, Gribaldi x Alberte Lindebjerg, Breeders: Mr and Mrs Bech DEN)
Grade 2
Georgia Wilson (28) from Abergele, North Wales, with Geoff and Julie Wilson and her own Sakura (chestnut, mare, 10yrs, 16hh, Supertramp x Rockstar, Breeder: G. Eilberg GBR)
Grade 3
Natasha Baker (34) from Uxbridge, Middlesex, with Joanna Jensen, Christian Landolt, Phil and Lorraine Baker and her own Keystone Dawn Chorus (bay, mare, 16.1hh, 13yrs, Dimaggio x Escudo 19, Breeder: S. Lavendera GBR)
Grade 5
Sophie Wells (34) from Harby, Lincolnshire, with The Lady Joseph Trust’s Egebjerggards Samoa (black, mare, 8yrs, 16.1hh, St Schufo x Gribaldi, Breeder: Anders Green Hansen DEN)