
I am 19 years old and have been riding all my life. Riding has always been part of my life. Both my mum and older sister rode so it was natural that I would as well. I started out doing all pony club activites. After many years of doing so I realised that really i would need to pick between Show Jumping and mounted games as for Show Jumping I'd need a horse but Mounted Games I could stay on ponies.
I have been doing games for over 10 years now and love it. I have NEVER looked back at the time I picked games and thought what if...
I started off doing Prince Phillip Cup with the pony club and progressed onto riding with the MGA.
In 2003 I represented Quantock Pony Club at Horse of the Year Show making the final and in 2005 went to The Horse of the Year show again, this time with Devon and Somerset. In 2004 I represented England in the multi-national team at the Royal Windsor Horse Show coming second.
I also made the World Individual finals in 2005 coming 5th on my Pony Cornflake doing MGA. My first international competition was based in Switzerland after being selected to ride in the England MGA team on Cornflake. Here we became European reserve champions.
I have competed in America in twice so far with Sussex which has been a fantastic opportunity. We came 3rd and 2nd on borrowed ponies which we were thrilled about. Also, in February last year I competed in Sweden with Sussex. We were on borrowed ponies once again but the atmosphere and experience was amazing.
We will be competing all around the UK as well as having the opportunity to complete abroad in France and America. |