A 17 year old pupil from St Swithun’s School has been selected for Great Britain’s Junior European Championship eventing squad.
Georgia Bartlett was selected following success at the Nunney International event last weekend.
A second place finish in the final Junior Trial was enough to secure Georgia’s selection into the strong squad of five.
She commented: “This has been a goal of mine for a very long time, and I am so excited to compete at the European Championships.”
Georgia attends six training sessions a week and keeps pace with both her school work and her eventing.
She added: “There is an awful lot of travelling to and from events and training sessions, so I do a lot of my homework and studying in the horse lorry on the way.”
Eventing requires riders to demonstrate a range of different skills through the disciplines of dressage, show jumping and cross country. The scores from all three elements are then combined.