LESLIE Law, from Inkberrow, is in line for a place on the British team at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, after his selection for the squad due to compete in the three-day event championships.

The 37-year-old, who won a team silver medal for Britain at the last Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, is the only rider on the squad to be named with two horses.

These are his Sydney medal winning partner, the Irish-bred grey gelding Shear H20, now aged 12, and the younger grey Shear L'Eau.

Both horses are by the same Thoroughbred stallion, Stan the Man, and both are owned by Jeremy Lawton's Shearwater Insurance company.

Both horses have been in superb form this year, with Shear H20 finishing third at the Badminton Horse Trials in May and Shear L'Eau finishing seventh in the world-renowned Kentucky three-day event in the United States.

However, after having completed on Olympic and European teams before, this would be Law's World Championships debut and he admits he is "delighted" at the prospect.

"My horses have gone so well this year that it has given me great confidence," said Law.

"In terms of ability they could throw anything they want at us in the Championships and my boys will take it all on board - they are amazing, consistent horses and I'm so lucky to have them."

The World Games are due to be held in September, and will also include show jumping, dressage and endurance riding championships.

"My hope is that the time on the cross country course at Jerez is not too easy to achieve - it needs to be tight to make riders take the direct routes at the fences and turn it into a great competition," Law added.

The British selectors have not yet expressed a choice between Law's two flying greys, although this will be done at a later stage.

Selectors will now watch over the coming weeks to see that the horses maintain their form, with riders also undergoing team training, prior to the horses flying out to Spain on September 9.

Only accident or injury could prevent Law taking up his World Games place and, with two strings to his bow, this looks unlikely.