Thrilled to have been chosen for the YR team to attend the under 21 European Championships!! Let the planning commence!!! Press release from EGB: The Young Rider team will compete in the 120km, FEI European Endurance Championship for Young Riders & Juniors to be held in Rio Frio, Portugal from the 02-04th September. The following combinations have been successfully selected: Kate Atkinson with DNS Ronaldo Charlotte Chadwick with Hazelcroft Gosens Tsar Bella Fricker with Eskar Caitlin Theodorou with My Marco Young Rider Chef D'Equipe, Jo Chisholm, commented that "we now have an excellent squad of Young Riders who have worked extremely hard to qualify themselves and their horses. Having worked
Eskar and I qualified for the European Championships for under 21s in April when we completed my third CEIYJ2* 124km at Fontainebleau this year. Since then Es has had been on rest and then slowly bought back into work with the intention of just keeping him ticking over for the selection ride on Sunday and then hopefully for the Champs in September which are going to take place in Rio Frio, Portugal. The management team wanted to see us compete in the 64km at Pilgrims Trail and also wanted us to ride altogether to practice riding as a team and see how our horses all went. Es was on fine form with brilliant recovery rates all day. I was so pleased with how we was feeling, though my arms were t
