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“At the time I didn’t feel young, but I appreciate now I was very young. I had actually only been eventing four years,” she says, speaking in an interview on episode 41 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF.
“I think at the time I didn’t appreciate how inexperienced and naive I was, whereas looking back I think it was mad that I was going round at that age. It was just a complete whirlwind experience.”
Georgie started out competing seriously in pony showjumping and switched to eventing when she was in her mid-teens.
“I had been asking my parents if I could leave school and have home tutoring from the age of 12 because that was very much the done thing in showjumping – a lot of my friends were home tutored so they could jump full time,” she says.
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While horses are obviously herd animals and living out with other horses satisfies a number of their emotional needs, many owners are now bucking this ideal and opting to turn their horses out alone.
For some owners, including a number of top riders, the risks and complexities associated with turning multiple horses out in the same paddock are proving just too great.
Less risk of injury
“At the moment all of my competition horses have individual turnout,” says Paralympic gold medallist dressage rider Sophie Wells.
“I had a bad accident in the past with one horse kicking another and felt it wasn’t worth the risk. They are all next to each other, even the stallion, so they can still socialise and are given the opportunity to groom each other in controlled safe situations as I still feel social interaction is important.”