‘I work hard in a different way’: award-winning amateur event rider on the key to succeeding in horses and a career

Pippa Roome's avatar
By
Published In Features
Lauren Innes and Global Fision M
Lauren Innes and Global Fision M at Aston-le-Walls in 2020.
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

Lauren Innes – who won the Pikeur Amateur Rider of the Year at last year’s H&H Awards, in partnership with NAF – says having the right support team and horses you love are the vital ingredients if you want to succeed in equestrian competition at a high level alongside a career outside horses.

“It’s always difficult and I think everybody has to work hard, but the way I look at it is when you ride professionally, you work really hard. The way that I work hard is just a slightly different kind of hard work,” says Lauren in an interview on this week’s Horse & Hound Podcast. “If you have a horse or horses that you love, getting up before work in the dark, in the rain, is that much easier.

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.