Sarah became Horse & Hound Editor-in-Chief in 2014, having developed extensive experience as an equestrian journalist and editor since 2004. She has written and reported for Horse & Hound magazine and horseandhound.co.uk throughout her career, covering major championships including the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010, where Britain won team silver – their first championship silver medal since 1978. She was also in Rotterdam to report the British dressage team’s first championship team gold medal in 2011.
Sarah has co-written books on horses and horse sport including The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horses & Ponies. Her previous roles at Horse & Hound include brand development editor and dressage editor, and she was deputy editor of equestrian monthly magazine Horse magazine for two years.
Sarah heads up Horse & Hound’s editorial team and is responsible for content strategy for both the magazine and website. She also has responsibility for Horse & Hound’s brand extensions, working with the marketing and events team to launch and host the Horse & Hound Awards since 2016.
Before going to London School of Economics for three years to earn a BSc in sociology and social psychology, Sarah spent a year working for and training with Olympic gold medallist event rider Leslie Law at his Worcestershire base, where she also trained with Yogi Breisner and Kenneth Clawson – the then British team trainers. She groomed for Leslie at international events including Saumur. During her degree, Sarah continued to work part-time and train with dressage rider Louise Spate.
Sarah learned to ride at Brawlings Farm Riding Centre in South Bucks aged 10. She has owned horses since 1993. Her first pony was a three-year-old New Forest, on whom she competed in showing, dressage, showjumping and hunter trials and was a member of the Pony Club. From 1997 she contested affiliated eventing, showjumping and dressage with her first horse, an Irish Draught/thoroughbred mare, competing up to medium level dressage including regional championships.
