Britain’s showjumpers will open their Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup campaign on 22 May in Rome.
Britain, which is among the 10 teams in Europe division 1, will chase points in 4 of the 8 Nations Cup venues for this division: Rome, Falsterbo (11 July), Hickstead (1 August) and Dublin (8 August). Although they can compete at the other 12 Nations Cup competitions in Europe division 1 and 2, they are not eligible to chase points.
Besides the Netherlands, Ukraine and Germany, Britain will face France in Rome — the only venue at which they will be up against the defending champions.
The top 7 teams in division 1 qualify for the Furusiyya Final, which will take place in Barcelona (9-12 October).
The series starts in Lummen, Belgium on 2 May, where France will take on the host country Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Britain hosts the penultimate leg, Hickstead — facing Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium — before the team heads to Dublin for the final leg a week later.
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Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.
