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Jonathan Paget and Frances Stead’s Clifton Promise have been selected to join a five strong eventing squad to represent New Zealand at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky later this month.

The cost of buying a New Zealand or Australian horse for Americans looks certain to rise substantially after from 29 August with the suspension of direct flights from down-under to North America due to high operating costs.

Andrew Nicholson has won the CICO 3-star competition at CHIO Aachen 2010 with the 9-year-old chestnut gelding Nereo. This is the first time in the five-year history of the eventing competition that the individual victory didn’t go to a German rider.

Clifton Promise, ridden by Jonathan ‘Jock’ Paget, led the show jumping in the CICO 3-star competition at CHIO Aachen 2010 yesterday, completing the course nine seconds under time in the fastest time of the day at a cost of no rails. The result lifted the Muriwai-based combination from 29th place after the dressage to 19th, on a total of 51.2 penalties in a field of 39 starters.

Members of the ESNZ Eventing High Performance Squad have arrived in Germany today for CHIO Aachen, the annual German official horse show, to compete in the CICO 3-star Team Competition.