Catherine Welton

Catherine Welton graduated from City University in London with a degree in journalism, and now combines a successful career as a TV producer with her first loves, writing and horses.She grew up in Devon where she first learnt to ride, hacking on Dartmoor and competing at local shows. She started writing aged 15, covering local equestrian events for the Evening Herald in Plymouth.Catherine lived in London for more than 20 years, before moving back to the West Country, to Somerset where she now lives and where she rediscovered her passion for equestrianism. She has a part-bred warmblood called Moriarty, who she competes at prelim and novice dressage, a very naughty companion pony called Pony, a retired former racehorse called Jade and is also the accidental co-owner of a PRE mare called Rumba.And if that’s not enough to keep her busy, she’s also bossed around by a Labrador called Mikey and Jack Russell Terrier called Emily-in-Paris.