I started riding when I was nine and I was breaking in my first ponies by 10. Then, I had a bad accident, where a horse flipped over and broke both my front teeth and my nose. Mum said, “You're not doing this again!”
I actually didn't ride again until I was 16. But I loved horses, so I was up the yard every summer holiday and weekend possible. I would work on the ground, and I think that's where I did most of my learning, as
