Show jumper Ben Maher is engaged

British show jumper Ben Maher is to marry his girlfriend, Kathleen Baker.

The Olympic rider proposed while the couple were on holiday in the Maldives, H&H has learned.

Ben, who was leading rider at Olympia, and Kathleen have not set a date for their wedding. They are enjoying a New Year break before Ben heads off to contest the winter show jumping circuit in America.

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