Riders on British World Class Development Programme 2011-13 announced

Riders selected for the 2011-2013 World Class Development Programme have been announced today by the British Equestrian Federation.

Funded by UK Sport, the Development Programme works with talented riders to maximise their potential and deliver success.

The selected riders cover the three Olympic sports of dressage, eventing and show jumping and the paralympic sport of para-equestrian dressage. They are as follows:

Show jumping
Alison Barton (West Yorkshire)
Scott Brash (Scotland)
Joseph Clayton (West Yorkshire)
Simon Crippen (Buckinghamshire)
Joe Davison (Staffordshire)
Jessie Drea (West Sussex)
Samuel Hutton (Southampton)
Jemma Kirk (Scotland)
Daniel Moseley (Nottinghamshire)
Daniel Nielson (Essex)
Tim Page (Suffolk)
Gemma Paternoster (Surrey)
Matthew Sampson (Sheffield)
Louise Saywell (Nottinghamshire)
Jason Smith (Scotland)
Abbie Squires (Hertfordshire)
George Whitaker (West Yorkshire)
William Whitaker (West Yorkshire)

Dressage
Hannah Biggs (Dorset)
Nikki Crisp (London)
Michael Eilberg (Worcestershire)
Gemma Green (Wiltshire)
Bobby Hayler (Essex)
Charlie Hutton (Gloucestershire)
Olivia Oakeley (Wiltshire)
Anne-Marie Perry (County Durham)
Amy Stovold (West Sussex)
Samantha Thurman-Baker (Oxon)

Eventing
Emily Baldwin (Kent)
Laura Collett (Wiltshire)
David Doel (Wiltshire)
Harry Dzenis (Surrey)
Talia Laghzoui (Oxon)
Emily Llewellyn (East Sussex)
Tom McEwen (Wiltshire)
Harry Meade (Wiltshire)
Chloe Newton (Leicestershire)
Willa Newton (Leicestershire)
Emily Parker (Lincolnshire)
Tim Rogers (Devon)
Eliza Stoddart (Leicestershire)
Gemma Tattersall (West Sussex)

Para-equestrian Dressage
Rosie Andrews (Surrey)
Natasha Adkinson (South Yorkshire)
Natasha Baker (Middlesex)
Edward Chanin (Devon)
Emma Kent (Kent)
Alex McNamara (Lincolnshire)
Erin Orford (Buckinghamshire)
Natalie Povey (Wales)
Alex Sutton (Wiltshire)
Georgia Wilson (Wales)

"The selection process was slightly changed this time and carried on over a longer period allowing applicants to be viewed ‘in competition’," said World Class Performance Director Will Connell. "The standard of rider applying was higher than ever and the selectors had a difficult job. But that’s excellent news for us as a nation as it reflects the wealth of talent that we are fortunate to have."

The World Class Development Programme underpins World Class Performance and together with the Equine Pathway makes up the Equestrian World Class Programme. It incorporates the three Olympic sports of dressage, eventing, show jumping and the paralympic sport of para-equestrian dressage.

The programme has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, through Exchequer and National Lottery funds, via UK Sport since 1998.