Horse & Hound

Greenacres Special Cavalier

RIDER CAROLINE POWELL

“MY partner Greg Kinsella and his mother Gwen were looking at horses in Ireland – Greg called to say, ‘You've got to come and see this mare’. A friend of mine and I jumped on a plane and went to try ‘Cav’, who was a just-broken four-year-old, big and green, but with a good enough motor.

“She's not your typical stamp of an event horse, but she's got a heart

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