Sandra Auffarth and Viamant Du Matz - Germany tops the draw of nations
The draw of nations, which took place on Tuesday evening for the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championships at Pratoni, really demonstrates how international this World Championships is but, for me, the international flavour really hits home when you visit the event’s local supermarket
On Tuesday afternoon the Carrefour supermarket at Pratoni Del Vivaro was buzzing with eventing people – riders, grooms, volunteers, some with accreditation passes swinging around their necks and others in their country’s colours (when did Canada start dressing in black? Very confusing with the Kiwis around too) - stocking up for the big week ahead
Talking of Kiwis, we bumped into Jonelle Price in the supermarket car park (not literally, although that would not be surprising as, even after one week of driving in Italy, we are still woefully incompetent) who has to be one of the favourites for this week’s Championship
New Zealand is at number 16 on the draw, which is headed by Germany at Number 1, with defending champions Great Britain at Number 22 and Australia at 23
The full list is below and will be the order in which the horses are presented this afternoon when the first horse inspection gets underway at 13:30, starting with Olympic double gold medallist Julia Krajewski for Germany
We’ll be back with an update then!
Order of Nations
- Germany*
- Ireland*
- Canada*
- France*
- Belgium*
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Spain*
- The Netherlands
- Lithuania
- Switzerland*
- Thailand
- Italy*
- Sweden*
- Denmark
- New Zealand*
- Mexico
- Hungary
- India
- USA*
- Japan*
- Great Britain*
- Australia*
- Austria*
- China
- Ecuador
- Brazil*
* Indicates Countries with Teams
