Tales from Bicton: meet the radiation therapist tackling her first five-star – ‘I’m here on holiday’

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Sarah Dowley and Rubix Kube at Bicton five-star
Sarah Dowley and Rubix Kube at Bicton five-star.
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Sarah Dowley will set out on her first five-star cross-country course at Chedington Bicton Horse Trials today – and unusually for someone competing at this level, Sarah is an amateur event rider, with a job outside horses.

The 27-year-old Irish rider shares a yard with her sister, professional dressage rider Rachel Dowley, and works as a radiation therapist at the UPMC Cancer Centre in Co Waterford.

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.