Five-star event rider makes the switch to showjumping: ‘My heart just isn’t in eventing’

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Hannah Bate and Finbury Hill jumping through The Lake at Badminton 2015
Hannah Bate and Finbury Hill at Badminton 2015.
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British rider Hannah Bate has made the decision to give up eventing and concentrate entirely on showjumping.

Hannah, who has ridden at both British five-stars multiple times, told H&H: “Over the past couple of years a lot of my three- and four-star horses have been sold so I’ve only really done young ones for a couple of years. I don’t think eventing is something you can do with just one advanced horse – I would find it hard – and I’ve started doing less eventing and more showjumping over the past couple of years.

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.