‘Few horses have won so much for their country’: farewell to multiple medal-winner
‘It was a very hard decision to take, and terribly sad’
Anne Dunham
Para dressage rider Anne Dunham first represented Great Britain in 2002 at the European Championships.
66-year-old Anne has always spent her life surrounded by horses. When she was just 16 she spent her weekends running a yard of 80 horses.
Anne has been selected to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming 2015 European para dressage Championships in Deauville. Here she will ride Lady Josephy Trust’s 14-year-old appaloosa stallion, LJT Lucas Normark.
A grade 1a rider, Anne was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis shortly after the birth of her daughter when she was 27. She has been wheelchair bound since the age of 30.
After her husband sold his business when Anne was 40, they bought a farm in Wales which they turned into a holiday home and riding school. This finally gave Anne the opportunity to take her para dressage career seriously.
In 2003, Anne was awarded the British Dressage Outstanding Contribution Award for her services to Paralympic dressage. Anne has won 12 gold as well as countless silver and bronze medals at World, European and Paralympic level – most recently securing team gold and two individual silver medals at the 2013 European Championships in Herning.
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‘Heart-wrenching’ final goodbye to Welsh cob who beat the world
‘He was a horse no one expected anything from, but he gave everything’
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'I've loved it all': Rio gold medallist calls time on career
'It's been a hard decision but I know it's the right one'
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Dressage editor's blog: 'Where is Carl Hester’s knighthood?'
H&H's dressage editor is surprised to find Carl Hester's name missing from the 2016 New Year's honours list
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Knighthood and honours for Rio equestrian stars in New Year list
British Rio riders, an inspirational former eventer and an equestrian commenator are among the 1,197 individuals named on the New Year's Honours list
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Golden hat-trick for Britain on final day of Paralympic dressage
The Brits add three freestyle gold medals and two silvers to their haul on the final day of Paralympic dressage competition
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Britain remain on top of the Paralympic world
Great Britain remain unbeaten in Paralympic dressage, as the team secures gold with three team members winning individual medals
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Britain in gold medal position at halfway stage of the Paralympic dressage in Rio
Natasha Baker adds a fourth plus-70% score to the Brits’ tally to give the team a seven-point lead going into the individual competitions
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Britain off to strong start at Rio Paralympics
Sophie Christiansen, Sophie Wells and Anne Dunham produce impressive performances for Britain on day two of the Paralympic dressage
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Tales from Rio: 'We used to draw our Paralympic horses out of a hat'
Meet Anne Dunham, the oldest athlete at the Rio Games who remembers competing on borrowed horses at the inaugural Paralympic dressage at Atlanta in 1996
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Rio Paralympics trot-up: five horses to be reinspected tomorrow
Medal contenders are among the five horses to be reinspected tomorrow
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British para dressage riders gunning for European gold
All of Team GBR horses have passed the trot up and the team has been announced ahead of the championships, which start tomorrow (18 September)
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British para dressage team for European Championships revealed
The British paradressage team has arrived at the European Championships in Denmark
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British paradressage team selected for European Championships
Three Paralympic gold medal winners will be in the strong British team lining up at this summer's para-equestrian dressage European championships
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Anne Dunham, British paradressage rider
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Anne Dunham named disabled sportswoman of the year
Paralympic gold medal-winning rider Anne Dunham has been named The Sunday Times disabled sportswoman of the year
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Para-Equestrian Dressage European team announced
The all female team for the Para-Equestrian Dressage European (2-4 September) team has been announced
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Pearson completes gold hat-trick at World Equestrian Games
Lee Pearson takes his gold medal haul to three with Gentleman in Kentucky
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Emma Sheardown ups her game for WEG paradressage gold
British paradressage rider Emma Sheardown adds freestyle gold to yesterday's individual bronze medal at the World Equestrian Games
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British paradressage team lead after day one
Britain is in pole position after the first day of team paradressage competition in Kentucky
