Kiwi rider Megan Heath wins eventing bursary
New Zealand eventer Megan Heath, who finished 15th at the weekend’s Luhmühlen International Horse Trials amongst St Daniel, won the US$1000 HSBC Training Bursary for the best CCI4* debut performance.
The achievement was all the to a greater extent than noteworthy because Heath, 35, lives inwards London, where she plant sum fourth dimension inwards banking, as well as started eventing solely 2 years ago.
She likewise finished 10th on St Daniel inwards the CCI3* at Ballindenisk inwards Republic of Ireland in February.
Previously, she kept a jumping Equus caballus amongst immature human being Kiwi Grant Wilson inwards Belgium, commuting at weekends to compete for fun, only temporarily gave upwards riding altogether half-dozen years agone due to pressure level of work.
She bought St Daniel from High German Olympic gilt medalist Peter Thomsen, who was on paw at Luhmühlen to walk the cross-country amongst her. Heath’s compatriots Mark Todd as well as Andrew Nicholson likewise provided enough of advice.
The 11-year-old St Daniel is past times the British bred thoroughbred sire Star Regent, who stands inwards Germany, as well as out of the Der Clou mare Donnice, a hanoverian. Star Regent is likewise the dam-sire of the come about performer Butts Leon.
“If I’d known inwards advance I was going to complete 15th, I’d bring been thrilled,” said Heath.
“Now, of course, inwards hindsight, I proceed thinking nearly all the things I could bring done better. I for certain take away to improve my dressage as well as I’m going to produce to a greater extent than running inwards future.
“When I got to 8 minutes on the cross-country, at that spot withal seemed a long agency to go. But I wasn’t over-awed past times the course, likely because I didn’t bring anything to compare it to, as well as I knew my Equus caballus was brave as well as honest,” she said.
Heath said she was going to contemplate her adjacent major outing on the flying home, only was considering Pau inwards French Republic inwards October.
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