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‘Fall off GET BACK ON keep going’

‘Strength is not in the glorious moments’

My dad trained racehorses, so being around them was a very influential part of my upbringing. There’s a strong discipline to working with horses. It’s a bit like being in the army, with very early starts, being on time and lots of manual labour. You have to respect the horses and be aware that they’re bigger and stronger than you.

When I was born, Mum and Dad were given a Shetland pony called Valkyrie as a gift by

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