Three Eventers Have Been Named to the British Short List for
The WEG

Horse & Hound reports that William Fox-Pitt, Mary King and Zara Phillips have been named to the British Squad for The WEG, in Aachen, Germany next August. The announcement was made after a recent training session.

William was named with Tamarillo who finished second at last year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton CCI****. Mary will ride Call Again Cavalier on whom she placed fourth at the Land Rover Burghley CCI**** last September. (Mary and Call Again Cavalier are pictured at the right jumping out of the water at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton CCI**** last year.)
Zara Phillips, the reigning European Champion's, mount will be Toytown on whom she won the Europeans at the Blenheim CCI*** last fall. (Zara is the daughter of Captain Mark Phillips and The Princess Royal.) (Zara is pictured at the left below riding Toytown Cross Country in a driving rain storm at the European Championships last fall.)

None of these three horses will run at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton CCI****, this May, though William, who has other Advanced horses, is expected to pursue the Rolex Grand Slam (Land Rover Burghley, Rolex Kentucky and Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials) later this spring. He was the winner at Burghley last fall, riding Ballincoola, and needs to win the second and third legs in order to claim the $250,000 prize which has only been won one time, that by Pippa Funnell.

Three other members of the six person squad will be named by the middle of June.

Kenneth Clawson is the Squad Show Jumping coach. Tracey Robinson is the Squad Dressage coach. Jenny Hall is the Team veterinarian.