“Re-wind” laughs Caroline Powell as we started this interview at her home near Newmarket in England in 2023.
Caroline does ‘re-wind’ as she tells Ruth Gregory about the young New Zealand rider who ‘packed two big bags and was off’, arriving in the UK aged 17 and ‘living on virtually nothing’ until her last £40 paid for a train fare to Scotland.
More recently Caroline and her partner Greg have spent time settling into their new property at Newmarket and building up a new team of horses, including the ‘special’ mare Greenacres Special Cavalier who finished fifth at her first CCI5* at Pau in 2022 and has just taken the big win at Badminton in 2024.
Caroline Powell jumped her way to a historic victory at the 2024 MARS Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire.
Ireland’s Lucy Latta made a dream Badminton debut to finish second on RCA Patron Saint and Alex Bragg climbed from an original 60th place after dressage to finish third and best British rider on Quindiva.
Tim Price and Vitali at Mars Badminton Horse Trials 2024
Watch Tim Price and Vitali tackle the CCI5* cross country course at Mars Badminton Horse Trials 2024 to take the lead ahead of William Fox-Pitt on Grafennacht and
Tim Price and Vitali are leaders after cross country of the CCI5* eventing at MARS Badminton Horse Trials 2024 by a very small margin over William Fox-Pitt and Badminton first-timer, 27-year-old Lucy Latta.
Bubby Upton and Cola CCI5* Dressage at MARS Badminton Horse Trials
Bubby Upton and Cola led the first day of CCI5* dressage at MARS Badminton Horse Trials 2024 and head into the cross country in second place behind Ros Canter riding Izilot DHI.
