Matthew Wright’s eventing blog: ‘I’d lost my love for the sport I once loved so much’
Matthew discusses mental health and how he has dealt with his over the years
Matthew Wright was a British four-star event rider, who was born in 1982 and died in 2021. He first completed Burghley Horse Trials at the age of 18 and was a member of the young rider and senior European Championship eventing squads. In 2002 he won a silver medal at the young rider European Championships on Park Pilot, who he bred, backed and trained himself. The pair went on to finish 13th at the 2005 senior European Championships at Blenheim. Matthew competed at Badminton and Burghley on a number of occasions during his career. He also recovered from testicular cancer. He was based in Nottinghamshire with his wife, Victoria and three children.
Matthew discusses mental health and how he has dealt with his over the years
Matt has endured a pretty up and down past few weeks
Matthew shares his thoughts on the competition at Burghley and is celebrating a win
Matt explains how his horses have performed during July and also discusses his thoughts behind some events suffering from a lack of entries
Matt rounds up the second half of his spring eventing campaign
Matthew has been flat-out competing all over the UK recently
Matthew’s eventing season has got off to a good start, but it wasn’t without its difficulties
Matt discusses staffing in the equine industry
Matt discusses how making money out of eventing has changed and gives some useful advice on schooling young horses
Matt explains his theory behind breeding possible equine stars and explains what is on the cards for 2019
Matthew’s eventing season finished earlier than planned, and here he gives a review of how his comeback has progressed
September has been a month of ‘nearly’ moments for Matt
Matt explains how his preparations have gone prior to heading to a big event
Matthew talks us through the three moods he can end up in after an event
Matt talks about some recent good competition form, fitness and a new sponsor...
Matthew has been busy competing over the past few weeks with a wide variety of horses in the very high temperatures
Matthew reports back from Bramham and shares an announcement
Matthew reports back from recent events both on and off the competition circuit
After sustaining an injury, Matt and his horses are now fully up and running and have enjoyed some success