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you're listening to an article from horse sport.com. phoenix withdraws from olympic eventing team. ottawa, on-following an injury sustained during training, exploring ridden by jessica phoenix of uxbridge, on, has been withdrawn from the team nominated to compete at the 2008 olympic games-eventing competition. it is expected that exploring will make a full recovery for the 2009 season. following the selection procedure, an alternate/substitute horse and rider combination will now be selected by the canadian eventing high performance committee to replace phoenix and exploring will be announced in the near future. advertisement scroll to continue with content “while i am extremely disappointed not to have the opportunity to represent canada with the team at these olympic games, i know my team mates will try their very best and i wish them much success. i will be cheering them on from home in canada,” remarked phoenix. eventing team (in alphabetical order) are: rider – hometown – horse – owner kyle carter – calgary, ab – madison park, 1998 bay american thoroughbred – kyle carter & nicole shinton sandra donnelly – calgary, ab – buenos aires, 1997 bay canadian warmblood – sandra donnelly selena o’hanlon – elgin, on – colombo, 1994 bay swedish warmblood – elaine & michael davies michael winter – toronto, on – king pin, 1996 chestnut irish sport horse – king pin syndicate named as alternates (in alphabetical order) are: rider – hometown – horse – owner hawley bennett – langley, bc – livingstone, 1990 bay canadian thoroughbred – hawley bennett & gerry bennett diana burnett – blackstock, on – manny, 2000 bay canadian thoroughbred cross – diana burnett & john lennox lesley grant-law – mount albert, on – timber spirit, 1995 chestnut english thoroughbred – lesley grant-law & anthony grant samantha taylor – richmond, bc – livewire, 1998 grey canadian thoroughbred – samantha taylor * michael winter – toronto, on – wonderful will, 1997 bay american thoroughbred – michael winter & elliott schwartz *michael winter and wonderful will is the named alternate to michael winter and king pin.
