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The 12 para dressage athlete and horse combinations have been submitted to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) as the UK’s nominated entries for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The nominated entries, listed by classification, are…
Grade 1
- Gabriella Blake, aged 31 from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, with her parents’ and her own Strong Beau
- Sophie Christiansen, aged 36 from Farnborough, Hampshire, with her own Gladstone
- Mari Durward-Akhurst, aged 30 from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, with Diane Redfern, Nick Durward-Akhurst and Rob Waine’s Athene Lindebjerg
Grade 2
- Georgia Wilson, aged 28 from Abergele, North Wales, with Geoff and Julie Wilson and her own Faside Got the Love
Grade 3
- Natasha Baker, aged 34 from Uxbridge, Middlesex, with Joanna Jensen, Christian Landolt, Phil and Lorraine Baker and her own Keystone Dawn Chorus
- Erin Orford, aged 35 from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with Neil and Jackie Walker and Sophie Wells’ Dragons Fire and Charlotte Hogg’s C Fatal Attraction
Grade 4
- Nicola Naylor, aged 63 from Ashford, Kent, with Rosalind Emery Kay and her own Humberto L
Grade 5
- Charlotte Cundall, aged 39 from Sherburn, North Yorkshire, with The Veyron Partnership’s FJ Veyron
- Sophie Wells, aged 34 from Harby, Lincolnshire, with Rowland Kinch’s Don Cara M and The Lady Joseph Trust’s LJT Egebjerggards Samoa
Selection decisions are subject to the athletes and horses maintaining fitness and performance, and this list may be amended at any point up to 19 June 2024. The selected squad of four combinations to travel to Paris as part of ParalympicsGB, plus reserves, will be announced in July and the para dressage runs from 3-7 September at the Palace of Versailles.
Photo credit: British Equestrian / Jon Stroud Media