WHETHER or not you’re an eventing enthusiast, it’s likely you have heard of Brookfield, a prefix synonymous with the highest echelons of the sport.
Of the 20-plus Brookfield horses to have competed internationally over the past decade, flagbearers include Brookfield Inocent, who won team gold and individual silver at the 2021 European Championships, Brookfield Cavalier Cruise, who was runner-up in the CCI4*-L at Bramham in June, Brookfield Future News, who was second in the CCI4*-S eight- and nine-year-old class at Blenheim in September and Brookfield Quality, who was fifth in the CCI4*-L, also at Blenheim. And that’s just scratching the surface. But who are the people behind the prefix?
Brookfield Equestrian was the brainchild of husband and wife John and Chloe Perry, who own and live at their yard by the same name just outside Bracknell in Berkshire.
“Historically, John and I bought horses to produce and sell,” explains Chloe, who started riding when she was seven. “My mother encouraged me to ride and bought me horses like chestnut
