Meet H&H’s Burghley first-timer diarist Tracy Garside

Freelance riding instructor Tracy Garside will be writing an online diary for www.horseandhound.co.uk in the build up to her first Burghley this autumn (4-7 September).

In the spring thousands of you enjoyed reading our diary from Badminton first-timer Olivia Haddow, who completed the event with her charismatic coloured horse Patris Filius. Now it’s time to get behind Tracy’s four-star debut with her attractive dun horse Dunauger.

Tracy’s diary will kick off on Monday, so keep an eye out for it.

All about Tracy Garside…

• 37 years old
• Freelance riding instructor
• Based near Harrogate, Yorkshire

Burghley ride

• Dunauger
• 11-year-old dun gelding
• By Augermann, out of Chloes Gold
• 119 BE points

Notable results this season

• Ninth Tetton Hall advanced intermediate
• 20th Chatsworth World Cup qualifier
• Lead the dressage at Bramham this year before being eliminated cross-country — she ran out of the middle element of a combination and jumped the third part

Previous notable results

• Completed two CCI***s — Bramham and Blenheim 2007
• 25th Tweseldown CCI** 2006
• Won Derby House intermediate owner rider/championship at Henbury Hall 2005

Pippa Roome

H&H 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.