First reserve rider Heath Ryan of the Australian Dressage team for the 2003 Open European Championships in Hickstead, England, has become a member of the team.
First selected rider Ricky MacMillan withdrew from the team. Crisp, a Hanoverian gelding by Consul/T, sustained a splint bone injury and will not be fit to compete in Hickstead in August.
The 2003 Open European Championships are a qualifier for the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens. Australia is one of the countries who hope to qualify for the Games. Heath Ryan has been a member of the Australian dressage team at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera. He's steady partner is Stirling Stilton, an Australian warmblood by Salute out of Leica Park.
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