Debutant Scott Brash has been included in Great Britain's four-strong showjumping team for London 2012.
Tina Fletcher and Hello Sailor are reserve combination for Britain
Debutant Scott Brash has been included in Great Britain's showjumping team for London 2012.
Brash has been selected in a four-strong group alongside world number three Nick Skelton, Ben Maher and former European champion Peter Charles.
Like Brash, 52-year-old Charles will also make his Olympic debut for Great Britain, though he has twice represented Ireland previously at the Games.
Brash will ride Hello Sanctos, Charles has been selected on Murka's Vindicat W, with Skelton riding Big Star and Maher aboard his Olympia World Cup winner Tripple X III.
Tina Fletcher and Hello Sailor are the reserve combination for Britain, who last won an Olympic showjumping medal in 1984.
Remarkable rise
"I remember watching the Olympics four years ago and never thought that I would be in the position I am in today where I am preparing for London 2012," Brash said.
"Everything has happened so quickly, and each year has just got better and better for me.
"When I think about the fact that I only got the ride on Sanctos at the end of last year, and the way we have bonded along with the confidence I have in him, it's quite remarkable."
Skelton was in the enviable position of having two potential Olympic horses in Big Star and Carlo, but it is on Big Star that he will mount what is hoped to be a strong medal challenge.
"The horses are going well at the moment and I hope we've got a good chance, although you never know what will happen on the day," Skelton said.
"I've just got to thank Gary and Beverley Widdowson, the horse's owners, who have stuck by me even though I am getting on a bit in years.
"Having a horse at the Olympics has always been their aim. They've refused a lot of money, and not many would have resisted the temptation to sell, so I am very lucky to have their support."
