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LOGOS, wood panels and space are among the first impressions when you pull up at Tim and Jonelle Price's base at Chedington, nestled in the rolling Dorset hills.

Everything at Chedington is on a grand scale. The estate is home to around 80 horses, living across several yards under various professional riders.

New Zealand's leading eventing couple have been here a year and their area is based around the enormous indoor school, which is bordered by rows of boxes. The Chedington logo is printed along the side of the school and on signs everywhere.

In a wood-panelled kitchen and tack room, covered saddles range along one wall and gleaming bridles along another. Tim cleans his boots and Jonelle sets off the dishwasher before they get ready to ride their first horses.

Because the Prices are parents, to sixyear-old Otis and four-year-old Abel, their working day doesn't always start as early as some professional riders’. They have support from nanny Alys Baddiley.

“A nanny was imperative for us both to keep competing, especially without family in this country,” says Jonelle. “But if we're at home, like

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