Riding and road safety badge achieved through Pony Club, and I also have a non-horsey degree (BSc Geology with Physical Geography) and I’m currently nearing the end of my Masters degree in Geoscience.

I’ve been around horses since I was a baby and had my first horse at the age of 5. I’ve been riding for 20 years and owned and loaned several horses. I’ve gone through phases of being a happy hacker, showjumper, dressage diva and now I’m dabbling in eventing. I help out a friend who runs a sale livery yard and I ride some of the horses to help out, including both schooling and hacking. Horses vary between 16.3hh hunters, eventers and very green horses and ponies. I share my Mum’s 15.3hh Irish X who I showjump, event, hack and school and plan to event this summer. I was in the pony club when I was younger and learned basic bandaging skills, and I’m also confident lunging, long lining, plaiting and I have done some clipping. I am used to mucking out, poo picking and other yard duties after owning horses most of my life.

Hacking, schooling, jumping, dressage, eventing

Competed up to 85cm showjumping and BE80, and prelim level dressage.