8 top riders reveal their essential kit lists

The British Horse Society Supreme Ridden Horse Championship - Katie Jerram and Dunbeacon

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Everyone knows that sinking feeling. You’re pulling onto the motorway on the way to a competition, at least half an hour from the yard, when a sense of dread spreads over you, and you realise you’ve left something at home.

We’re not talking horse, hat or saddle. It is always something seemingly minor — but something that can make or break your day from the outset.

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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.