Ben Maher and Kathleen Baker tie the knot
Olympic show jumper Ben Maher has tied the knot with his girlfriend Kathleen Baker.
The pair were married in church, followed by a lavish reception at Gosfield Hall in Essex, yesterday (Thursday 3 September).
Among the 200 guests were show jumpers Tim Stockdale, Geoff Billington, Louise and Joanne Whitaker, performance manager Derek Ricketts and former H&H show jumping editor Kerry Bowness.
The pair departed this morning (Friday 4 September) for their honeymoon in Paris, which was a surprise for Kathleen.
“I had no idea what to pack, Ben just told me to bring a couple of nice dresses,” she said.
But the newlyweds are only going for a couple of days as they have to be back for Calgary [the Spruce Meadows Masters] on 9 September.
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.