19-01-2010
Robert Whitaker is no longer able to compete at CSIO5* Abu Dhabi UAE to be held 3 – 6 February 2010, his place will now be taken by Robert Smith with Raging Bull Vangelis S (Owned by: Raging Bull & Sharon Baldwin). The full squad is as follows:
Ben Maher from Elsenham in Hertfordshire with Mike and Emma Phillips’ twelve year old bay gelding Robin Hood W
Robert Smith from Shrewley in Warwickshire with Raging Bull and Sharon Baldwin’s twelve year-old bay stallion, Raging Bull Vangelis S
Ellen Whitaker from Barnsley, South Yorkshire with Dawn Makin and Steven Whitaker’s fourteen year-old chestnut gelding Equimax Ocolado
Guy Williams from Canterbury in Kent with his own fourteen year-old bay gelding Torinto van de Middelstede
Chef d’Equipe: Tim Stockdale
Team Vet: Robrecht Cnockaert
The President of the UAE Showjumping Cup will take place from the 3rd – 6th February at the spectacular Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club in Abu Dhabi. The Club boasts an impressive 2000 seater grandstand along with six polo fields and an 1800 metre fibre turf grass racetrack.
Boasting a total prize fund of half a million euro’s, the 100,000€ Nations Cup takes place on Friday 5th February with a whopping 300,000€ on offer in the Grand Prix on Saturday 6th February.
Source:(BSJA)