Hannah Francis and Willberry Wonder Pony – 6 legs, 2 hearts, Pure Inspiration
It is said that success is not only measured by what you achieve in your lifetime, but also in what you inspire others to do. Event rider Hannah Francis was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2015, at just seventeen years of age. Her story has changed lives, ...
Portersize Just A Jiff – the small horse with a massive heart who’s making Olympic dreams come true
Eventing is a truly unique and diverse sport. Riders and horses of every sort, colour and creed enjoy the challenges that eventing brings, and throughout its history there have been many non-conformist success stories that capture the minds and hearts of ...
Hannah Francis and Willberry Wonder Pony
Mother Theresa of Calcutta once said that some people come into our life as blessings and others come into our life as lessons. Hannah Francis is surely both. Diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer called Osteosarcoma in 2015 at just seventee...
Joseph Murphy – making dreams a reality
Joseph Murphy is a man on a mission. His journey from GAA mad teenager to Olympian has been the perfect melting pot of planning, opportunity and sheer hard work. With an innate ability to spot top class potential in a horse and an accurate and forward rid...
Lindsay Graham – a rider whose talent allows her to be all things to all people
Lindsay Graham really is all things to all people. Slowly but surely, she is carving a successful business out of eventing both her own and client’s horses, producing young horses and also teaching. Her friendly manner and her positive approach to l...
Cathal Daniels – a young man on a mission
Cathal Daniels is a young man on a mission and he is turning heads everywhere he goes. The 20 year old rider based in the west of Ireland has enjoyed a glittering career in ponies and juniors, and now as a young rider he finds himself on the training squa...
Padraig McCarthy and Simon Porloe – travelling a road less ordinary
Padraig McCarthy is one of life’s great achievers. He finds himself on the eventing high performance squad for Ireland with his eye firmly on getting to the Rio Olympics, and he has travelled a road less ordinary to get there. The 38 year old Tipper...
Horseware Lukeswell and Sam Watson – the right horse, the right rider and the right time.
Irish eventer Sam Watson had a remarkable year in 2015. Best known for his solid partnership with the evergreen Horseware Bushman, Sam has carefully built up a team of superb horses since London 2012 and looks set to be a force to be reckoned with in the ...
Cooley Rorkes Drift and Jonty Evans – a match made in heaven
Jonty Evans is known as one of the nicest men in eventing, and it seems only fitting that he also happens to ride one of the nicest horses in eventing. Cooley Rorkes Drift announced himself in no uncertain terms at the start of 2015 when winning the Aldon...
Record breaker on track to make history – Fernhill Present and Alice Dunsdon
Alice Dunsdon is a happy girl. Fresh from her incredible trip to the Adelaide International 4* with her horse Fernhill Present (aka Hilly), she is on the brink of making history. Thirty-year-old Alice, from Guildford in Surrey, runs a small but select str...
