Pippa Funnell and Lucy Wiegersma on British eventing team at Aachen

The British squad for the team CIC*** at Aachen, Germany (16-17 July) is:

• Ruth Edge on Hugh Lawson’s Carnaval Prince II
• Emily Baldwin on Lady Pauline Harris’s Drivetime
• Pippa Funnell on Carol Toliver’s Mirage D’Elle (pictured)
• Lucy Wiegersma on Christopher and Sarita Perkins’s Simon Porloe
• Sarah Bullimore on Christopher Gillespie’s Salerno

Four of these riders will be in the team and one will compete as an individual.

Aachen has run its team CIC*** since eventing was introduced to the venue for the World Equestrian Games in 2006.

The British squad normally consists of some younger horses and riders gaining experience and has finished a creditable second (2007 and 2009) or third (2008) every time in the team competition to Germany, which normally fields its top championship team.

This will be the first time competing at Aachen for Ruth, Pippa and Sarah, but Emily and Drivetime were 18th there in 2007 and 14th in 2008, while Lucy was 26th on Woodfalls Inigo Jones in 2009.

Pippa Roome

H&H magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.