‘I owe it to you guys that we made it here’ – rider who crowd-funded trip makes strong start in Maryland 5 Star dressage

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Maryland 5 Star dressage: Tayla Mason and Centennial
Tayla Mason and Centennial after their Maryland 5 Star dressage test 2025.
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Tayla Mason made a strong start in the Mars Maryland 5 Star dressage today (Friday, 17 October), after crowd-funding to make it to the US competition with her top horse Centennial.

The Wiltshire-based New Zealand rider hit the headlines earlier this year when she finished 19th at Badminton Horse Trials, after a late call-up from the waiting list. But she then missed out on a planned run at Burghley Horse Trials when she was injured in a fall from a young horse in the build-up and so decided to try to compete at Maryland.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.