Horse & Hound

Dengie Volunteer of the Year

CARROL SIMPSON

Carrol, 78, founded West Midlands Dressage Group 23 years ago and remains dedicated to the cause, putting on six clinics a month for riders aged 25 and under.

The retired school teacher has ridden throughout her life, owning a pony as a child, but has now “hung up her boots” and enjoys spending her time dressage

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