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‘I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs’: Becky Moody on riders’ mental health, social media and dealing with adversity

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    • In this exclusive, subscriber-only interview, Paris Olympics team bronze medallist Becky Moody looks back on her journey to the top to reflect on the highs, lows, and lessons learned along the way.

    Becky Moody may have captured the hearts of fans at the Paris Olympics with a team bronze on her homebred 10-year-old, Jagerbomb – but her journey to that podium was anything but an overnight success.

    Over her more than 25-year career, she’s competed three horses – Jagerbomb, Carinsio, and Famke PF – on the international grand prix stage, bringing several others to the highest level nationally. She’d represented her country on five youth teams and on senior Nations Cup teams all while amassing more than 30 national titles.

    Yet until Paris, she’d never secured a spot on a senior championship team, and she admits she had nearly accepted that such a moment might not come for her.

    “With the change from four riders to three on a team, and with the core riders we have in this country all having such an incredible string of horses I knew the possibility of breaking into that team was very, very unlikely,” she explains.

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    Oscar Williams
    Oscar Williams

    H&H dressage and sport horse editor
    Oscar graduated from York St John University with a master’s degree in Literature in 2021 and joined Horse & Hound in October 2023. Oscar worked for top dressage rider Emile Faurie for four years after finishing an equine management course at college. Under Emile’s tutelage, Oscar competed at the 2015 National Dressage Championships and travelled with Emile’s horses to CDIs at Aachen, Vidauban, Saumur and Achlieiten. Oscar continues to compete in dressage, alongside his day job.
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