Equestrianism: Funnell heads British squad for World Games
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Your support makes all the difference.As expected the top three partnerships at Badminton earlier this month – Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock, William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo and Leslie Law on Shear H20 – have been named for the Great Britain three-day event squad for the World Equestrian Games in Spain in September.
Law has a second horse on the squad in Shear l'Eau. Funnell, who will be hotly fancied to add the world title to her European championship, has Cornerman on the reserve list, as has Fox-Pitt with Stunning.
Polly Stockton makes her debut on the senior squad at the age of 28, having finished seventh at Badminton with Mark Todd's former mount, Eye Spy II. The squad is completed by Kristina Cook with Captain Christy and Jeanette Brakewell on Over to You, whose Badminton fall has been justifiably overlooked.
Karen Dixon and her mount, Uptotrix, who finished 16th at Badminton, were due to be included on the reserve list until Dixon announced at the weekend that she is expecting her second child in October.
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