The British team will have plenty of time to assess the challenges set by course-designer Frederic Cottier when last of the ten teams into the ring tomorrow for the opening leg of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series at La Baule in France.

The draw was made earlier today, and it is George Morris’s American side who are in the unenviable position of being first to go.

Starting Order

1. USA; 2. France; 3. Switzerland; 4. The Netherlands; 5. Sweden; 6. Germany; 7. Ireland; 8. Belgium; 9. Italy; 10. Great Britain.

There are some new faces in the Chefs d’Equipe’s line-up, with Emilio Puricelli donning the Italian team manager’s jacket, the French campaign led by Laurent Elias and Otto Becker in charge of the German campaign.

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