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Emily has been riding from a very young age, progressing up through the pony club through to BE Eventing. She started competing in British Eventing when she was 12 in the National Pony Trials.

Emily is the only youth rider to have competed on seven consecutive Great Britain Championship Teams competing at European Championships. During those years Emily has won four Team Gold Medals, one Team Silver Medal, two Individual Bronze Medals and then one Individual Gold Medal when she won the Young Rider European Championships in 2008.

Emily has also won the British National U16 Championships (2004), U18 Championships (2007), and the U21 Championships (2007). In 2009 Emily won idividual bronze and team gold at the Young Rider European Championships.

Future targets and aims are to continue representing Great Britain on Championships teams, winning more medals in young riders. Then winning individual and team medals at senior level at Europeans and WEG. Finally her main goal is to Win Olympic Individual Gold.

Following a successful career in young riders, which included victory in the Under 25 Championship at Bramham and an individual silver medal in the European Young Riders Championship in 2002, the daughter of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips really established herself at senior level in 2003 by finishing second at Burghley three day event with Toytown. Following that performance, Zara was long listed for Athens in 2004 but her hopes of competing with the British event team at an Olympic Games were dashed by an injury to Toytown that ruled him out for the rest of the year.

In June 2005, Zara put that disappointment behind her with a great performance at the newly upgraded four star event in Luhmuhlen. At the European Championships at Blenheim in September Zara rode into the history books by taking two gold medals on her senior debut, exceeding achievement of her mother, who won the individual title at the European Championships in 1971.
2006 brought the prospect of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany – Zara’s first four star Championship after a fantastic performance the gold was hers and silver for the British team.

In a career spanning almost 20 years Mary King has become one of British Eventing’s icons and a regular member of the British team. The risks of riding were brought home to her in 2001 when she broke her neck in a fall, from which she fortunately fully recovered and fought her way back to fitness and back into the British squad for the World Championships in 2002. Mary earned her a place as a reserve in the squad for Athens in 2004 and, due to another member’s withdrawal from the team, got the call she’d been waiting for and even better, the Olympic medal she’d dreamed of for years.

2006 continued the run of success when Mary was part of the silver medal winning team at the World Championships, Aachen and 2007 brought both individual and team success in Pratoni when Mary won well earned individual silver and team gold medals at the European Championships with Call Again Cavalier.

Her glittering career has brought five team gold medals at World and European Championships and the title of British Champion a record four times. She has also represented Britain at the last four Olympic Games, in 2008 Mary won team bronze at the Beijing Olympics.

At only 18 Laura is one of the most exciting talents in the eventing world today, with the potential to get to the very top of her chosen sport. A team gold medal winner for Great Britain at the age of 15 in the Pony European Championships and a member of the British Junior Team in 2006 Laura's ultimate ambition is to win gold at the London Olympics in 2012.

In 2006 Laura won the CCI** at Tweseldown riding Fernhill Sox and in doing so became the youngest rider ever to win an International Two-Star Three-Day Event. Laura represented Great Britain at the Junior European Championships held at Necarne Castle, Northern Ireland, winning individual Gold and team Silver. In 2007 Laura won her first Advanced class at Belton Park on Fernhil Sox, in addition she also successfully defended her Junior European Title in Switzerland and won Gold on Rayef and led the GB team to win Gold as well. Laura is the first rider ever to win consecutive Junior European Titles.

2009 saw Laura achieve both Individual and Team Gold at the Young Rider European Championships.

Sharon Hunt is ranked among the top 50 eventers in the world.  In the 2008 Olympics, Sharon - aboard Tankes Town - was part of an incredibly talented team that secured a bronze medal. 

Sharon currently competes on ten horses at all levels - including the World Equestrian Games, Burghley and Badminton - and travels throughout the UK and beyond to compete.  When she is not riding, training or maintaining her own fitness levels (by running, swimming and gym work), Sharon is busy delivering key note speeches and giving mounted demonstrations at a variety of equestrian, sporting, corporate and other events throughout the country.  In addition, she provides private tuition, takes on her own working pupils and advises a number of fledgling eventers.