Kirsty Short’s Badminton first-timer blog: from Pony Club to Badminton — thank you, Bouncer
Kirsty and Bouncer are back home enjoying the sunshine and reflecting on an “incredible week” after completing their first Badminton
Kirsty is an international event rider who has competed up to four-star level. She is also a mature student at Nottingham Trent University where she studies sports education and psychology.
Kirsty and Bouncer are back home enjoying the sunshine and reflecting on an “incredible week” after completing their first Badminton
Kirsty ended up watching some American sci-fi at 4am this morning to take her mind off the cross-country
Kirsty has had a good look at the cross-country course and Bouncer is feeling very well
Find out how Kirsty and Bouncer fared at the first vet inspection
Kirsty has finished all of her Badminton preparations and now the big event awaits her arrival
Kirsty and Bouncer have completed another Badminton preparation run with a little over a week to go until the big event
Kirsty has received some incredible and long-awaited news
Kirsty returns as H&H's Badminton first-timer blogger in the hope that she manages to get off the infamous wait-list this year
Our Badminton first-timer is running out of time to make it in from the wait-list, but remains upbeat none the less
Kirsty has been doing some of her final Badminton preparations
Kirsty has been making the most of her university Easter holidays
Kirsty explains why she has a fear of low lying branches and reports back from an important prep run
Kirsty continues to play the waiting game
Kirsty has had a tough week with some disappointing news and a near-disaster while eventing
Kirsty has had a week of excitement and breakthroughs on her journey to Badminton Horse Trials