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THE BRITISH ENDURANCE RIDING ASSOCIATION

SELECTORS ANNOUNCE BRITISH ENDURANCE RIDING SQUAD FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Following the final selection stage at the Tattersalls Newmarket ride yesterday (Sunday 9 July 2000), the British Endurance Riding Association has announced a squad of seven for The World Endurance Riding Championships in Compiegne, France on 26 August 2000.

The list for the BRITISH SENIOR TEAM SQUAD as at 10.7.00 reads as follows;

RIDER	HORSE	FROM
Jayme Bone	Kruga	Rubery, Birmingham
Shelagh Bunn	Phylka	Southampton, Hants
Sally Hall	Touchstone II	Congresbury, nr Bristol
Jenny Jackson	Burning Best	Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Jane James	Rowengay Garnet	Penzance, Cornwall
Jim Lane	Safaniya	Newcastle, Staffs
Margaret McKiddie	Bonnie Anne	St Leonards, Glos

The Selectors are ideally looking for a final squad of six plus two non-travelling reserves so an eighth member of the squad will be picked, following the results of veterinary tests on the remaining team horses on the shortlist:

REMAINING COMBINATIONS ON SHORTLIST

Rider	Horse	From	Eliminations at Tattersalls 2000

Andrea Baker	Shepherds Sister Anna	Guildford, Surrey	3rd vet gate, lame
Gill Campbell	Barwani	Lambourn, Berks	Final vetting, lame
Jane Edwards	Princess Shahrazad	Horley, Surrey	Final vetting, lame
Nikki Jenkins	Three Corners Sasha	Newton Abbot, Devon	4th vet gate, lame
Jo Trego	Olivers Taboo	Weston-super-mare	First vet gate, lame
Ann Urwin	Nhamir	By Taynuilt, Argyll	First vet gate, lame
Jane Williams	Druimghigha Shiera	Liskeard, Cornwall	Final vetting, lame

Commented BERA’s Chairman of International, John Robertson: “The riders did everything that was asked of them. In the first section of the ride, the squads worked together well and were able to try out various techniques and tactics; so it be proved a valuable exercise all-round.”