 Mary
King
Mary is one of our top event riders and has numerous prestigious
championships to her name, including twice winner of the British
Open Championships, twice winner at Badminton, team gold at
the 1991 Europeans and the 1994 World Games, Mary also has
a wealth of Olympic experience, having competed for Britain
at Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and also Athens, where she was
a member of the silver medal winning team. Mary is the British
Eventing Open Champion for 2007.
Her current top horses are Call Again Cavalier, who was her
Olympic ride at Athens, Cashel Bay and Apache Sauce.
 Lucy
Wiegersma
Another top event rider, Lucy Wiegersma is the only event
rider to have won all three national eventing titles (Junior
in 1995, Young Rider in 1998 and Senior in 2006). She took
1st place at Blair Castle and 5th at Punchestown in 2004 on
Shaabrak , and finished 7th at Badminton in 2006 and 7th at
Burghley 2007.
Georgie Spence
Georgie (18) is one of our most talented, young event riders.
She was the British National U18 Champion last year and was
also a member of the silver-medal-winning team at the Junior
Europeans in Necarne. Now competing in U25 Young Riders, Georgie
was runner up in the U25 CCI*** on Running Brook II, at the
Bramham International Horse Trials. She has been selected
onto the World Class Start Programme which provides funding
for top class training for Olympic prospects and is aiming
for the U21 Young Rider teams.
Georgie was a member of the Gold medal winning Young Rider
Team at the European Championships at Blair Castle 2007.
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 Beverley Brightman
Grand Prix dressage rider, Beverley Brightman, began her career
in horse trials where she evented at up to four star level.
In 1995 she had a horrific accident when her horse fell on
top of her. Left with serious injuries and unable to hardly
walk, let alone ride, she proved how determined she was to
get back in the saddle and a year later started the sport
of dressage.
In 1997, she took over the ride of Master Doruto from Delia
Cunningham, and progressed up to Grand Prix level.
Beverley has competed internationally and was on the British
Team for the CDIO in Poland in 2003. She was place 10th in
the final Olympic trials for Athens 2004 and in the past 10
years has competed in the Dressage National Championships
every year bar one.
 Roberta
Sheffield
Roberta Sheffield competes on her six-year-old Welsh Section
D pony, Calerux Cosmonaut, in able-bodied British Dressage
competitions as well as the series for disabled riders.
25-year-old Roberta has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis
for several years and is classed as having a Grade 4 disability
by the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA). This means
she is eligible to aim for a place on the Paralympics training
scheme.
 Helen
West
Helen is an event rider and was a member of the gold-medal-winning
British Young Rider team in 2001.
Mandy Frost
Show jumper and accredited BSJA instructor.
Mandy recently gave birth to her first child and we wish her
many congratulations. She is hoping to be back in the saddle
as soon as possible. |
