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Full transcript: Dan Watson is an international Grand Prix rider and Nicola Naylor is an international para dressage rider. Both are based at Fiddlers Green Stud in Kent and work closely together in both training and competition. From winning Best International rider as Sydney CDI in 2009, Dan's career has gone from strength to strength. He has competed successfully at grand prix all over the world regularly breaking the magical 70 per cent barrier. He was on the winning team at the 2013 Rotterdam Nation's Cup as well as being Reserve Champion at the World Equestrian Games in 2014. Nicola Naylor has been blind since her 20s with only some light perception in one eye. She began competing in grade four Para Dressage in 2011 and in 2014 she competed at Para Freestyle level internationally in Holland and in Belgium. Despite her international success as a para rider, Nicola took a bit of a knock back when the FEI changed the rules regarding visually impaired riders. To combat this Nicola has been competing success

Grand Prix rider Alizee Froment started riding and training without a bridle as a way of testing and maintaining her connection with her horses, and now riders all of her horses this way regularly, from her five year olds right up to her two Grand Prix horses. She travels the world doing incredible freestyle dressage performances with just a neck strap, and yet still competes Grand Prix in a double bridle. Full transcript: Hi Alizee and thank you so much for joining us on the E-dressage podcast. I'm super excited to have you here especially because you do things a little bit differently to the normal FEI. I understand that you ride bitless as well, so I'm so excited to have you here. How are you today? I'm very good, thank you very much. Hello. Fantastic. To start off this interview we like to know something a little bit different about yourself so have you got an interesting fact that possibly most people listening would not know. It doesn't have to be horsey related, just maybe something a bit interesting a

Wizz started her career in a riding school.  In 1996 she was one of 30 of up and coming trainers from the UK to be selected for the British Dressage Trainers Scheme.  Wizz got to train with a Dutch medallist and through sponsorship received a brand new Oakley supreme horse box with her name all over it and a monthly cheque from Ford.  But in 2000 Wizz was diagnosed with ME, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and lost everything.  In 2006 she was offered a small yard and after 27 years of working and struggling to get to Grand Prix, it was finally within reach.  She competed in 10 Grand Prix and finished in the top five in eight of them. Full transcript: Hello and welcome to the E-dressage Commitment and Competition podcast. I'm your host Roseanna Sunley and today's guest is Wizz Clack. Wizz started her career in a riding school. In 1996 she was one of 30 of up and coming trainers from the UK to be selected for the British Dressage Trainers Scheme. Wizz got to train with a Dutch m

Hannah has been World Class squad member since 2011, she's been on several Nations Cup teams and was also part of the Ambition Programme at London 2012.  Hannah's highlights include competing at Aachen and Olympia, she's also enjoyed top placings including a win in the Grand Prix Kur in Saumur.  She's been shortlisted for the teams for the London 2012 Olympics and the European Championships in 2013 and 2015. Full transcript: Hello and welcome to E-Dressage Commitment to Competition podcast. I'm your host Roseanna Sunley and today's guest it Hannah Biggs. Hannah has been World Class squad member since 2011, she's been on several Nations Cup teams and was also part of the Ambition Programme at London 2012. Hannah's highlights including competing at Aachen in Olympia, she's enjoyed top placing including a win in the Grand Prix Kur in Saumur. She's been shortlisted for the teams for the London 2012 Olympics, the European Championships in 2013 and 2015. This year Hannah was the only Brit to qualify for t

Simon was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.  Within two years he began competing for Great Britain on the Para-dressage team. Selected to compete in his first Para-Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the individual event and won a gold medal in the team open.  Full transcript: Hello and welcome to the e-Dressage Commitment to Competition podcast, I'm your host Roseanna Sunley and today's guest is Simon Laurens. Simon started riding at the age of eight. In 2004, at the age of 36, Simon was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Within two years he began competing for Great Britain on the Para-dressage team. He won the National Grade III Disabled Dressage title in 2006 and 2007 and also won both team and individual freestyle golds at the 2007 World Para-Championships. Selected to compete in his first Para-Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing, Laurens entered the individual freestyle test grade III and was part of the Great Britain quartet for the overall team championship. Competing on

Sarah started riding at 9-years old and began her dressage training at the age of 10, with Canadian Olympian Leslie Reid.  She rode her first Prix St-George at just 14-years old and went on to win Championships and reserve Champions at Young Riders and Prix St-George level. Full transcript: Today's guest is Sarah Sjoholm-Patience. Sarah started riding at 9-years old and began her dressage training at the age of 10, with Canadian Olympian Leslie Reid. She rode her first Prix St-George at just 14-years old and went on to win Championships and reserve Champions at Young Riders and Prix St-George level. Sarah moved to the UK in 2007, where she met her husband and later opened up her own training and livery yard in 2008. Between 2011 and 2012, Sarah had various placings at Grand Prix, before heading off for a maternity break, but she's now back in the saddle with various placings at Prix St- George and Intermediate I. Really excited to have you here today Sarah, so welcome to the podcast. Thank you very much,

From a very young age of always being fascinated with success, now not money, but success.  I'm not materialistic, I don't crave expensive clothes or gadgets, I have my own personal goals to be successful.  Money was always a way to measure success, because if someone was better at something or more successful at it, they usually got paid more money for doing it. Full transcript: Hi everyone, I'm Roseanna Sunley and I want to thank you for joining me on the very first episode of the e-Dressage Commitment to Competition podcast. Each week I'll be interviewing top dressage riders on what it took for them to reach Grand Prix. Well first I'd like to tell you a little bit more about myself and why I started this podcast. From a very young age of always being fascinated with success, now not money, but success. I'm not materialistic, I don't crave expensive clothes or gadgets, I have my own personal goals to be successful. Money was always a way to measure success, because if someone was better at somethi