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‘I’m good with mares because I am one’: Abi Lyle on her future stars, best advice and why she’s going eventing

In this exclusive subscriber-only interview, Abi opens up about her secrets of success and plans for the future – including channelling Ingrid Klimke to achieve her eventing ambitions

  • Ireland’s Abi Lyle achieved what many top riders aspire to and only a select few attain when she competed at the Paris Olympics this summer – but what does the future hold?

    Abi thrives on training horses – more so than competing – and that hasn’t changed since riding at the Olympics.

    “It’s funny, I don’t have children but they say doing an Olympics is like childbirth and that you say ‘Never again’. Then time passes and you think, ‘Hmm, maybe I could do it again’. I’m still transitioning,” laughs Abi.

    “Of course, if I’ve got a horse that’s good at the time, then absolutely. But I’m not going to say ‘Right which one’s going, what am I going to do?’. We’ll just see.”

    Abi Lyle’s current horses

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