EVENTING Special
LAPPING the Badminton arena waving to the cheering crowd is a fantasy most horsey people have allowed themselves. For some, it’s just a fantastical dream, for others it’s a genuine ambition and for the very few it becomes a reality.
But what does it take to become one of this elite group?
World number two Jonelle Price calls them a “rare breed” and they are an eclectic bunch - different shapes and sizes and ages, with backgrounds as varied as their riding styles.
But the one thing that unites them all, in former British performance manager Yogi Breisner’s words, “is that they have a hunger - a hunger for learning and a hunger for developing themselves and a hunger for doing things the right way”.
This hunger is less glamorously known as an extreme work ethic. It is what will
