FEI World Combined Championships Catton Hall, Derbyshire, UK 13 – 17 July 2005

The British Team

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Whether you are a newcomer to Carriage or a seasoned campaigner, I would like to introduce you to the British Team for the second ever FEI World Combined Pony Championships, which we are pleased to host in Britain from 13 – 17 July 2005. 12 months of competitive selection and many years of training have gone into preparing for these Championships.The dedication and SINGLE tenacity, not only of the whole team, but also of their many supporters, grooms, helpers and friends can easily pass unnoticed.We are a small sport, a friendly sport Sara Howe and a tightly knit community.The fund raising has been hard and the preparations Sue Denney arduous. It falls to me to thank personally all those, individuals and companies, who have contributed in many different ways.This I do from the bottom of my being. To give this outstanding sport the recognition that it truly deserves, and to ensure that it continues to grow, we must continue to evolve our ideas and strategies.The way that this group of people has come together to share ideas, train together and help each other to achieve their best is an example of how to build for the future. I know that they will all perform to their highest standards and beyond. I am sure that we will be proud of them.We all wish them every success for these World Championships.

PAIRS OF PONIES Jo Rennison Rachel Stevens The Earl of Onslow Chairman, BHDTA

For further information on the British Driving Trials Association, contact: Mrs Amanda Hill – Executive Officer Telephone: +44 (0) 2476 293760 Email: [email protected] Website: www.horsedrivingtrials.co.uk

For press and publicity regarding the Team and the BHDTA, contact: Nigel Dipple Telephone: +44 (0) 7831 272397 PONY Email: [email protected] FOURS Sarah Jane Cook For information on the FEI World Combined Pony Championships visit the website Ursula Hirschberg www.catton-hall.com www.horsedrivingtrials.co.uk SINGLE PONY BRITISH TEAM DRIVER: SINGLE PONY BRITISH TEAM DRIVER: SARA HOWE SUE DENNEY

Sara is one of the lucky few who can claim to have made Sue lives on the Isle of Man and when not competing their hobby their job; training , teaching people to works with her parents on their Asparagus farm and carriage drive and running her own centre market garden. at Bradbourne for the past 18 years.

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Pony Profile: Best Decision: Pony profile: Best Decision: Costa Llewellyn (Sooty), a bay gelding Taking on Jane McDonald’s Sooty. Rolls Silver Spirit (Rolly), a 12-year old Buying Rolly. who was an unplanned arrival on Jane Welsh x Arab grey gelding, bought by McDonald’s farm and, like many of the Most pressured moment to date: Sue as a 7-year old with a view to Most pressured moment to date: best competition ponies, is best Any cones course when she has been in being a pony pair. His movement and Going into the cones at Royal Windsor described as ‘difficult’ to break! the lead! ability outshone any of the other ponies when Emma Burge had just driven An extravagant mover and a gutsy though, so Sue decided to try him in double clear leaving Sue no margin marathon pony who gives 110%. Role Model: single – they haven’t looked back. for error. Peter Munt - taught her what hard Getting Started: work and team work was all about. Getting Started: Role Model: Began driving when working for Watched an event at Tatton Park and Every World Champion carriage driver. Peter Munt, one of the UK’s most Greatest Ambition: thought it looked like great fun so recognized coachmen. To get a gold for GB and to watch her bought an 11hh pony. Greatest Ambition: daughter continue to be successful. Team gold. Track Record: Track Record: First National competition was 14 years Significant Others: Competed at novice national level in Significant Others: ago. First of many good wins was at Lesley Edmed; Sandy Punyer (a great 1994, coming 4th at the championships, Simon Willis, partner, carriage builder Brighton with her hackney horse, cook) and John Punyer (a great carriage then gradually climbed the open pony and back stepper; farrier John Lace; Roscoe. Now consistently at the top of maintainer);Tricia Jones who backsteps ladder from 1995 onwards. In 2005, she mum and dad, greatest supporters single pony class with Sooty. on the marathon. has been unbeaten to date, winning all and financiers; many and varied Isle national classes and the international of Man friends. Career Highlight: Grand Prix at Royal Windsor. Wearing the Union Jack and representing Great Britain at the 2003 Career Highlight: World Championships in Austria, where Winning her first national event and she finished a highly commendable 5th. winning Royal Windsor. PAIRS OF PONIES BRITISH TEAM DRIVER: PAIRS OF PONIES BRITISH TEAM DRIVER: JO RENNISON RACHEL STEVENS

Jo works full time with horses: training, exercising, clipping, Rachel works for a performance improvement company riding and driving. She is a consummate horsewoman and specializing in incentive travel, conferences and product admired by many for her quiet and sympathetic manner launches. She has been involved with horses all her life with her ponies. and trained the British Team who brought back silver medals in the 2002 and 2004 World Championships for drivers with disabilities.

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Pony Profiles: Best Decision: Pony Profiles: Career Highlight: Mere of Westmorland, owned by Paula Working freelance, which has opened Glenmead Flashman (Flash), a pony that Winning Royal Windsor Grand Prix in Liddon, was bred by gypsies, found as a many doors. no-one else wanted to take on so he 1999 having gone into the cones on stray on the M25 and is now borrowed was delivered to her stables with his equal points with Germany’s Uwe from Paula. Limericks Pandora, a 6-year Most pressured moment to date: rugs and harness. Pontadawye Lord Nichts and having to drive double clear. old bay, bought from Ireland and owned Marathon and cones at the last World Lucan (Luke), spotted by a fellow by Jo.Templedruid Ganges, a 10-year Championships where her score was competitor as a good match for Flash. Best Decision: old strawberry roan Welsh section C essential to the team, but in Jo’s usual Little Joe, who somehow found his way Not worrying about it all so much. gelding, owned by Julie Hoskyns. style, she rose to the challenge! into the fold as another good match. Most pressured moment to date: Role Model: Getting Started: Getting Started: Trying to cook a full Sunday lunch. Any athlete who works hard for success First got hooked on driving when After a riding accident, driving was the and makes it. working full time for team driver next best thing. Her junior event pony Role Model: Alwyn Holder. Started her own Greatest Ambition: was somewhat reluctantly broken to Anyone who makes it look easy. freelance business and gradually To always enjoy the sport – oh, and to harness and despite his continued acquired ponies and equipment to be world champion. preference to jump obstacles, he won Greatest Ambition: get herself started. his first novice national event. This is it, being part of Team GB. Significant Others: Track Record: Alwyn Holder; Philip Goddard, Jo’s Track Record: Significant Others: First national event in 2000. From 2002 competition partner and owner of 10 great years of fun and competition Family including mum (back stepper), has never been out of the top 3 in the Danny; Ellis Campbell Group (sponsors); with single pony, Buttons, taking many sisters, nieces and nephew, extended family, UK. Has held National Championship Malcolm Ladell, Jane Carpenter, Jo’s National and International victories, Lynzi Bennett, and many special friends. titles for the past 3 years and is the Mum, Paula Liddon, Julie Hoskyns, including National Points Leagues, current National Champion, Points Pippa Bassett, Cathy Goddard and a cast National Championships and Grand League Champion and the reigning of thousands who support. Prix Championships. Started competing Royal Windsor Grand Prix Champion. with a pony pair in 2002.

Career Highlight: Representing Great Britain in Austria’s 2003 World Championships where she finished 9th and was the highest placed pony pair lady driver. PONY FOURS BRITISH TEAM DRIVER: PONY FOURS BRITISH TEAM DRIVER: SARAH JANE COOK URSULA HIRSCHBERG

Sarah Jane works in a local tack shop, exercises and schools Ursula lives in Cheshire and works as a buyer for an engineering horses. She is based in Surrey and when not putting her own company in Knutsford. She juggles her profession with raising ponies through their paces, she’s off running marathons herself. a family and her passion for driving ponies – we all wonder what she does in her spare time…

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Pony Profiles: Best Decision: Pony Profiles: Most pressured moment to date: She drives her own team of Welsh To put the team back together! Jason, Bestman and Sprintman are Driving cones in a freak down pour at section C ponies, three of which are brothers and have all taken part in the the European Championships and Sackville breeding and two are Leyeswick. Most pressured moment to date: 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2002 Championships. managing a double clear. The first selection event. Bestman and Jason also competed as a Getting Started: pair in the 2003 World Championships. Role Model: Started driving at the age of 13. Role Model: Mr Moonshine is the new recruit to Karen Bassett – the world’s leading Debuted on the National circuit in 1996 George Bowman, Boyd Exell, Karen the team. female driver; Gee Frith, three times with a pony pair. Bassett, HRH Duke of Edinburgh – Individual European Champion – ladies team drivers that have all inspired her. Getting Started: with determination. Track Record: John Fowler driving a tandem first got her hooked; her mother, ridden and driven Greatest Ambition: Fenix Points League Champion with Greatest Ambition: judge, was a big influence. To win gold then gracefully retire! Pony Tandem and National outdoor To win team gold and the 2005 and indoor champion in 2003. National Championships. Track Record: Significant Others: Reigning Pony Tandem champion 3 times National Tandem Champion Kelvin (husband and back stepper); Gina indoors and reserve National Champion Significant Others: before taking on a pony team. Saunders (navigator); a host of noble with pony team in 2004. Minta Winn for her help last year; Represented Great Britain as a team volunteers who act and support in all Dick Carey for providing harness member in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2002, areas; her two children Marcus and Career Highlight: and carriages. winning team silver and bronze. Theo, even though their idea of helping Winning all four selection events for British team member in the last World is not always part of the big plan. this World Championships having only Championships in 2003, competing decided to put the team back together with a pony pair. again last year. Career Highlight: Winning team silver at Saumur in 1999.

Best Decision: Sticking with ponies – so much fun. SINGLE PONY BRITISH INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS: PAIRS OF PONIES BRITISH INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS: JULIE CAMM SUE CORLETT MARY KUSIN TOM McGREGOR ROWENA MOYSE JO SORE

Julie owns and manages Sue is a retired Riding Mary is an English teacher Tom runs a small business Rowena has her own Jo lives in Hampshire and a 30-bedroom hotel on School and Dog Boarding at Grange Academy in maintaining horse pasture livery yard in Wales, works for a manufacturing the outskirts of Bristol. Kennels proprietor. She Kilmarnock, having across East Anglia. He breaking and schooling company in the stores Her whole family form and her husband spend recently switched from drives his own bay Welsh as well as teaching riding department. She drives a part of her driving winters at their home her former career in Cross mare and gelding, and driving. She drives Bay Roan pair of support team – extending on the Isle of Man and broadcasting. She still Del and Amber, and Welsh section C ponies, registered New Forest to her brother-in-law, summers on the British keeps her hand in though, Chrissie Nash’s Welsh bred in Carmarthenshire ponies, Richard and Milo. John, who navigates for mainland, competing working weekends for a Section C gelding at the Menai Stud. her. She drives Pannau with their ponies. Sue variety of broadcasters Grayswood Joker (Tom). Getting Started: Pandora (Annie), a Welsh drives Lakeland Spirit including BBC, Sky and Getting Started: Broke her first riding pony section D mare who she (Maddy) a 10-year old Channel 4. She competes Getting Started: Took up driving in 1978, to harness then back-stepped competed with at the fell cross hackney. with her husband,Vic Visited Sandringham began with scurry driving for Barbara Nadin – decided World Championships Kusin, and drives her Driving Trials in 1990 and and was best newcomer it was safer to take the in Karlstetten. Getting Started: own Welsh Cob, thought it looked like good at Wembley in 1980, then reins herself. It started 15 years ago with Soberton Spartacus fun.Took some driving switched to Horse Driving Getting Started: a section C stallion, , (Sparky), a 12-year old lessons from Sally Walrond Trials. Track Record: Was helping a friend find showing and competing in chestnut gelding. and never looked back. Competed at novice level a safe riding pony and one day events.After 3 years, Track Record: in 1996, moving to open stumbled across driving. they crossed the water to Getting Started: Track Record: Consistently in the line up and then pony pairs. Got completely hooked! compete on the mainland. First started driving on a Successes at single pony for the past 6 years. Harness Horse Holiday in level until 2002 when he Career Highlight: Track Record: Track Record: Devon which inspired her to brought out his pony pair Career Highlight: Taking 4th place at the A very successful national First national competitions start driving her own horse. and has continued his Winning Lowther in 2003 Pony Pairs National final career that started out with in 2000; 2nd in the National success in this class. – her favourite event. in 2004. a skewbald mare,Victoria Points League in 2002 and Track Record: Plum. Represented Great 2003, winning the League Scottish Points Championship, Career Highlight: Britain at Karlstetten in 2003. in 2004. followed by open national Coming 2nd in the dressage competitions from 2002. at Royal Windsor Grand Career Highlight: Career Highlight: Prix with his single pony. Coming 2nd individually Winning at Lowther 2003 Career Highlight: in the dressage at Karlstetten. followed by wins at Alnwick Still to come – to win a and Castle Kennedy. National event. PONY FOURS BRITISH INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS: BRITISH TEAM CHEF D’EQUIPE HRH THE DUKE ANNA GRAYSTON COLIN ALLEN JILL HOLAH Jill is one of the cornerstones of our sport.As one of the most successful OF EDINBURGH competitors across a variety of driving disciplines including single pony and pony pair, she now brings her experience to bear in the organizational echelons of horse driving trials.

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Anna is based in Surrey Colin is a self employed ROSEMARY NEALE and is a professional plumber, but has been Rosemary runs her own management development consultancy, specializing HRH The Duke of Edinburgh carriage driver. She is involved with horses all his in influencing and interpersonal skills, team building and cross cultural needs no introduction. He active in bringing on the working life. He and his communication. She has been competing in carriage driving for the past has been pivotal to the 14 years and has been working with the long list of competitors for the establishment and success next generation of carriage wife have competed past six months. of British competition drivers, regularly coaching together across all driving carriage driving, not only at junior clinics for the trials combinations - single, as an ambassador of the BHDTA. She drives her pair, tandem and team. BRITISH TEAM TRAINERS sport but also as an and her mother’s team of They drive a home inspiration to many. He bay mares and geldings. produced team of Welsh BOYD EXELL was President of the FEI section B ponies; Millcroft Boyd lives in Leicestershire where he is a professional carriage driving instructor and trainer. when the first rules for Seabright (Freddie), Getting Started: Born in Bega,Australia, he has been involved in equestrian sports since he was 8-years old. driving were introduced in Telynau Gendarme Anna started driving at an He has many accolades to his name including Australian Pairs Champion; UK National 1968. He drives the Queen’s (Bobby), Birkinbrook early age and has rarely been Horse Teams Champion and significant achievements on the FEI Indoor World Cup circuit. team of Fell ponies. Copperman (Brook) and out of the line up since her Together with Michael Freund (Germany) and Chester Weber (USA), he is a member of the Larklands Royalist (Rory). Global Driving Team. Getting Started: debut at National level when He took up driving in 1972 she won the young driver’s Getting Started: ROBERT BUCK when he gave up polo, starting award in her first year of in 1980; with a team of Cleveland Bays National competition. Robert is a professional ridden and driven equine trainer, based in Andoversford near took up competition Cheltenham.Whilst a good deal of his career has been focused on training the ridden horse from the Royal Mews at driving at club level in 1989. Buckingham Palace. Track Record: and rider, he has been involved in training carriage driving horses and ponies for the past 10 years, transporting his outstanding ridden skills successfully to the driven horse and driver. Across her career,Anna has Track Record: Track Record: won National Championships Represented Great Britain First National Championship TEAM VETERINARY SURGEON at numerous Championships in Novice Pony, Open Pony, success in 1992; moved between 1973 and 1986. Now Pony Tandem and Pony to Horse Tandem in 1996 consistently successful with the Team classes. and from 1997 to 2002 VIKI EDMONDSON BVSc, MRCVS Queen’s Fell ponies from the won 30 National Viki has extensive experience of competition horses from all disciplines including dressage, Balmoral Estate. Career Highlight: competitions consecutively and driving. She has worked with many competitors to help achieve the best Winning National including 4 National performance possible and provided invaluable support to the British team at Karlstetten. Career Highlight: Championships in all Championships. Brought Member of the gold medal disciplines she has competed winning team at the World out pony team in 2003. TEAM EQUINE PHYSIOTHERAPIST Championships in 1980, and at. Representing Great the bronze medal team at the Britain at the European Career Highlight: NICOLA BROWNE BSc, CatA ACPAT European Championships in Pony Team Championships. Horse tandem unbeaten Nicola is a well respected chartered animal physiotherapist who runs her own practice 1981 and at World Championships record. (Touchstone Physiotherapy) in Nottinghamshire. She combines this with competing at in 1982 and 1984. international level in eventing. Team GB would like to thank all sponsors, friends and family who have supported them through sponsorship and personal donations to aid the team training and preparation for the 2005 FEI World Combined Pony Championships. Phone: 0845 004 6682 Email: [email protected]

Major Team GB Training Sponsor: Steve Jarman and CarriageSales.com Simon Willis is a sculptor based in the Isle of Man. Working in steel Team GB’s training facilities have been generously sponsored by CarriageSales.com and copper, he produces unique pieces portraying characters in and we would like to thank Steve Jarman for his continued support to the team and atmospheric settings. the sport. Phone: +44 (0)1624 897167 CarriageSales.com will have a trade stand at The FEI World Combined Pony Mobile: +44 (0)7624 481586 Championships at Catton and at The SsangYong National Championships at Fax: +44 (0)1624 897167 Windsor in September 2005, where visitors will have the chance of viewing the latest models.

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