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I always wanted to ride, but there was no pony in the back field. We couldn't afford horses, so I didn't ride until I was 15. Once my parents realised how serious I was about horses, they paid for riding lessons.
They wanted me to have some qualifications, so I was packed off to the worldrenowned Porlock Vale Riding School, which happened to be local to us in Somerset. I stayed on after my BHSAI as a junior instructor for a year, but I wanted to learn more about