Team Canada landed across the pond and is heading to Maizey Manor. Photo via Phoenix Equestrian Team Facebook page.
The first part of the North American contingent has arrived safely in Europe, as the Canadian horses and riders landed in groups in Amsterdam and London earlier this morning. Now the horses head to Maizey Manor in Wiltshire, England, to meet up with coach Clayton Fredericks and team chef d’equipe Jacky Green.
Selena O’Hanlon, Hawley Bennett-Awad and Max Corcoran, Canadian team stable manager. Photo via Hawley’s Instagram.
Meanwhile the Team USA horses left the USET training facility in Gladstone, N.J., at 4 a.m. EST this morning and are waiting to take off at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Lindsey Taylor, Boyd Martin’s groom and barn manager, sent us an update while waiting for the flight to take off:
Emma Ford, Lindsey Taylor, Dr. Susan Johns and Richard Picken. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Taylor.
“The first leg of our journey to France has begun! At 4 a.m. this morning, we departed from training camp at Gladstone headed for JFK airport. The team flying with the horses includes myself, Emma (Phillip Dutton’s groom), Dr. Susan Johns (team veterinarian), and Richard Picken (professional flying groom),” Lindsey said.
“We are scheduled to depart with the eight squad horses and alternates at 10 a.m. EST today, and will land in Liege, Belgium, where we will meet up with the other grooms. We will ship to Chantilly late tonight, where we will be based in France until we head to the WEG venue in Normandy.
“All of the horses are doing very well; they have all flown before, so the trip should go very smoothly for them. We will keep you posted on our travel and training as the trip progresses.”
The first part of Team USA loads up to head to the airport last night. Photo via USEF Eventing High Performance Facebook page.
The grooms who aren’t flying over with the horses left for France last night, and I’m sure they’ll be waiting impatiently in Belgium for the horses to arrive at the airport before hauling to France.
4am and the horses have left Gladstone headed to Normandy!! pic.twitter.com/Oyv2QecTWh — sinead halpin (@sinead_c_Halpin) August 15, 2014
We’ll continue to keep you updated on our North American contingent as the Canadians head to Maizey Manor and the Americans head to Fursan Equestrian Center in Chantilly, France. Go WEG!
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