Wigley to hold on to her Drum

North Canterbury eventer Annabel Wigley has scrubbed plans to sell her gelding, Black Drum, and is instead focusing on the World Equestrian Games in 2010.

After finishing a creditable seventh in the Burghley Horse Trials in England in early September, Wigley determined the horse was too good to put on the market and instead will team-up with him at the prestigious four-star Badminton event in May.

“I looked at selling him because of all the expenses involved (in the sport) and then I would have looked at some other horses. But then I decided to keep him because he did so well at Burghley.”

Having missed selection for the Beijing Olympics, Wigley is now focusing on the world championships in Kentucky in 2010 and, possibly, the London Olympics…

Read the entire article by Richard Knowler
Date: 10-06-2008
Source: www.stuff.co.nz