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Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Teenage equestrian star takes on the sport's elite
A teenage equestrian star from the south of Scotland has been tipped as "one to watch" by British Eventing. Tara Kane, 15, from Annan, was recently selected as the only solo Scottish competitor in an upcoming international championship. She has been rapidly rising through the ranks with her Connemara pony, Anna, and the pair will now fly the flag for their country at next week's event in Bishop Burton in Yorkshire. Tara said it was "quite unbelievable" that she would be competing with some of the best eventers in the world. The teenager has produced a string of impressive results recently, including successfully completing clear rounds at Badminton Horse Trials in 2024 and 2025. Widely considered the pinnacle of the eventing world, Badminton was an event that Tara watched on television growing up. However, she is now competing alongside world-class eventers, tackling the three disciplines of dressage, showjumping and cross-country. "I feel like it's quite unbelievable really," she said. "I'll be in the warm-up ring looking over to competitors like Ros Canter, who's one of the best in the world, and here I am on my little Connemara pony. "I bought Anna as a four-year-old and I've home produced her, so everything that we have achieved together has been through sheer hard work." Tara recently beat one of her heroes in a dressage test, when she scored higher than Olympic gold medallist, Oliver Townend. As a teenager competing in adult and horse classes, most of the fences tower over both jockey and pony. Her achievements have not gone unnoticed. "Tara is one of the youngest riders competing at this level and to have completed a clear round at Badminton aged just 14 is both rare and extremely impressive," said a British Eventing spokesman. "Her selection to represent Scotland at the upcoming championships is a well-deserved recognition of her talent and composure under pressure. "She's certainly one to watch." Competing at international level requires a significant amount of training and dedication, with Tara riding every morning before attending school at Lockerbie Academy. In order to compete at Badminton this year, she had to sit her school exams on Monday before a six-hour drive south to compete on the Tuesday, with British Eventing making special allowances in order for her to participate. Tara's parents, Margaret and Edi, work full-time to support their daughter in following her dream. However, competing at this level is expensive and Margaret has to work overtime to cover the cost of entry fees, travel and accommodation. More stories from South Scotland Listen to news from Dumfries and Galloway on BBC Sounds "It's surreal for us as a family to see Tara's name on the entry list alongside riders who we watch competing all over the world and to have royalty arriving in helicopters to spectate," she said. "We do everything ourselves and we don't have any sponsors. "Some of Tara's competitors have the pick of the best horses and teams of people around them to cater to horse and rider. "I think it makes it even more special when Tara achieves the results she does, and we'd like to thank her coaches who work so hard." The dream is to reach the top of the sport, perhaps even a future Olympics Games. Both Margaret and Tara are working as hard as they can to realise those ambitions. Canter secures second five-star victory in six weeks
BBC News
20-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Annan teenager rubs shoulders with equestrian world's elite
A teenage equestrian star from the south of Scotland has been tipped as "one to watch" by British Kane, 15, from Annan, was recently selected as the only solo Scottish competitor in an upcoming international has been rapidly rising through the ranks with her Connemara pony, Anna, and the pair will now fly the flag for their country at next week's event in Bishop Burton in said it was "quite unbelievable" that she would be competing with some of the best eventers in the world. The teenager has produced a string of impressive results recently, including successfully completing clear rounds at Badminton Horse Trials in 2024 and considered the pinnacle of the eventing world, Badminton was an event that Tara watched on television growing up. However, she is now competing alongside world-class eventers, tackling the three disciplines of dressage, showjumping and cross-country. "I feel like it's quite unbelievable really," she said."I'll be in the warm-up ring looking over to competitors like Ros Canter, who's one of the best in the world, and here I am on my little Connemara pony."I bought Anna as a four-year-old and I've home produced her, so everything that we have achieved together has been through sheer hard work."Tara recently beat one of her heroes in a dressage test, when she scored higher than Olympic gold medallist, Oliver Townend. As a teenager competing in adult and horse classes, most of the fences tower over both jockey and achievements have not gone unnoticed. "Tara is one of the youngest riders competing at this level and to have completed a clear round at Badminton aged just 14 is both rare and extremely impressive," said a British Eventing spokesman."Her selection to represent Scotland at the upcoming championships is a well-deserved recognition of her talent and composure under pressure."She's certainly one to watch."Competing at international level requires a significant amount of training and dedication, with Tara riding every morning before attending school at Lockerbie Academy. In order to compete at Badminton this year, she had to sit her school exams on Monday before a six-hour drive south to compete on the Tuesday, with British Eventing making special allowances in order for her to parents, Margaret and Edi, work full-time to support their daughter in following her competing at this level is expensive and Margaret has to work overtime to cover the cost of entry fees, travel and accommodation. "It's surreal for us as a family to see Tara's name on the entry list alongside riders who we watch competing all over the world and to have royalty arriving in helicopters to spectate," she said."We do everything ourselves and we don't have any sponsors."Some of Tara's competitors have the pick of the best horses and teams of people around them to cater to horse and rider."I think it makes it even more special when Tara achieves the results she does, and we'd like to thank her coaches who work so hard."The dream is to reach the top of the sport, perhaps even a future Olympics Margaret and Tara are working as hard as they can to realise those ambitions.
BBC News
15-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Canter secures second five-star victory in six weeks
Olympic gold medallist Ros Canter won the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials to secure a second five-star win in six rode Izilot DHI to victory in Germany to claim her fourth five-star level win. The former world champion was second after the dressage and cross country phases behind Olympic team-mate Laura Collett, who won the 2023 Collett, last out riding London 52, knocked down a rail in the showjumping finale to slip to third overall."It's hard to get my head around it to be honest. I'm very proud of it because it's not always about riding, it's confidence and I've had to work very hard at that," said Canter. The reigning European champion was part of the British eventing team to win gold at the Paris Olympics last summer and won the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials for a second time in May. Canter added: "The dream was always there because I loved watching old videos of Badminton and Burghley but I didn't think it would ever be me."The 39-year-old also paid tribute to her coach and mentor Caroline Moore, who died in March."I think Caroline would have found this very special."
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Canter wins Badminton Horse Trials for second time
Olympic gold medallist Ros Canter won the Badminton Horse Trials for the second time in her career on Lordships pair, who claimed the title in 2023, regained it following a clear round in the Canter was second after the dressage and cross country elements behind compatriot Oliver Townend, who won the 2009 Townend, last out on board Cooley Rosalent, knocked down a rail in the showjumping finale to slip to second who was part of the British eventing team to win gold in the Paris Olympics last summer, dedicated her victory to her coach and mentor Caroline Moore, who died two months ago."This was for Caroline Moore, she was by my side my whole career," Canter told Horse and Hound."I'm so pleased I managed to make her proud. It's the first time I've done anything without her. Not only was she my trainer and mentor, but also the best friend."
Powys County Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Tickets for Defender Burghley Horse Trials now on sale
Tickets for Defender Burghley Horse Trials are now on sale, organisers have announced. Held in the glorious setting of Burghley's historic park, Defender Burghley is one of only seven CCI5* competitions around the globe. Last year saw Paris 2024 gold medallist Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo triumph with a best-ever score of 23.6 in the 63-year history of the event. A revolutionary cross-country course ,designed by Derek di Grazia, adds a twist this year and event director Martyn Johnson believes that this year's trials will be the best yet. He said: 'We are very much looking forward to welcoming visitors to Defender Burghley in September for an extravaganza of exceptional sport, entertainment, shopping and a truly great day out. 'Derek di Grazia's new-look cross-country course will provide athletes and horses with a different and fascinating test, and we have many exciting additions to the Burghley programme to announce in the coming months.' Other new additions to the event include more bookable cross-country walks on both Thursday, 4 September and Friday, 5 September with famous names from the sport, improved grandstand seating arrangements and more spaces in the highly popular Burghley campsite for horse boxes. High-class 'glamping' in Burghley's beautiful walled garden with Burghley Boutique and table reservations for breakfasts and lunches at the acclaimed The Avebury restaurant can be booked via the event website. 'Tea and the Trot-Up' on Wednesday, 3 September is back again, as is the Family Zone, offering activities such as face-painting, dog agility, story-telling and pottery painting. Lifestyle Ambassadors for Defender Burghley include writer and journalist Marina Fogle, and influencer and style expert, Alex Collins. Fogle is a dedicated rider and Pony Club mother, and writes regularly in the national media on a range of topics. Collins, who lives in Lincolnshire, is known to many for her style advice, but is also a rider, horse owner and competitor, and a lifelong Burghley fan.
