Biography
I had my first pony Rocky when I was eleven but he broke my leg three weeks after we bought him by running into a car. My stubbornness and determination then began to show as I was still riding him in a plaster and still falling off every day (not recommended!!). I went to work in a show-jumping yard when I left school and very quickly learnt how to stay on and how to ride properly!
I worked for various show-jumpers and then went on to have my own yard. I had horses from Novice to Grade A and travelled around the country competing - something that I loved and thought I would do forever. I then had problems with bones after breaking too many and was told to give up riding. I sold everything (very reluctantly) and got a "normal job".
A friend then got me into private driving but within a few years I was bored of the showing politics so took up scurrying! This now feels much more like my jump-offs in show-jumping and I absolutely love it! I have some fantastic ponies and qualified for HOYS in my first year as a novice and then went on to qualify two other pairs the year after. I broke in my palomino ponies (Suited & Booted) and they have been amazing although not the easiest. They won the Points Championship in 2007 and although I had some brake problems early in the season, they were still 5th in the 2008 Championship. They had the fastest time in the Nationals this year by 3 seconds and unluckily clipped one of the last cones.