Sophie Wells' dressage blog: When the hard work pays off
H&H's dressage blogger is finding that all her hard work is paying dividends as her horses produce good performances at Sheepgate Premier League
Sophie Wells is a talented young dressage rider who has represented her country in both able-bodied and paralympic championships, winning team gold and two individual Grade IV silver medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
H&H's dressage blogger is finding that all her hard work is paying dividends as her horses produce good performances at Sheepgate Premier League
Sophie goes to Holland for a big international show with Noki and calls for changes to the rules on double bridle use in FEI tests
Our dressage blogger is celebrating international para wins followed by success at the winter championships
Sophie blogs about the impending international season, weird and wonderful exercises to connect riding with the gym and a stay-away with faithful owners and a lorry-load of horses
H&H's dressage blogger is busy with training, delighted with her new sponsor and is looking forward to getting her RDA centre up and running
Sophie mourns the lack of prize-money in dressage and considers a second career, while Purdy's Dream makes tracks for his new home
Sophie is getting back into the swing of things in 2014 by making lots of lists and one of her horses has a particular spring in his step
H&H dressage blogger is in a panic about Christmas as the 1,000 days to Rio marker comes and goes
Sophie finds an interesting and obvious difference in her performance after pysio and osteo treatment and she starts teaching Jorge the fun stuff — flying changes
Our dressage blogger is having a tough time of it at the moment as two of her talented string are out of action with injuries
A change of medication is causing Sophie some painful problems and rain threatens to stop play, but she's back at the gym and ready to train over the winter
Sophie Wells' 6-year-old dips his toe in the competitive pond and her Beijing Paralympics horse seems sound enough to come back from semi-retirement
Para rider Sophie Wells blogs about small tour success at the British Dressage national championships, getting engaged and riding one-time flying changes with only one stirrup
Sophie Wells details her triple gold medal-winning trip to Denmark for the Europeans and survives a nasty shock when her horse Reece gets his head stuck in the stable bars
Our para-dressage blogger is busy with final preparations for the European Championships in Denmark
Find out how Sophie got on at Hickstead and Hartpury and how she is feeling about her Europeans call-up
Paradressage star Sophie Wells has a busy few days planned with the Hickstead Premier League and Para Summer Championships as well as a big selection trial for this year's Europeans
Paradressage rider Sophie Wells has had a busy but enjoyable time with squad training and preparing for her grand prix debut
Sophie is excited to have a new addition to her string and was raring to go for her first international outing since the Paralympics last year
The Horse & Hound team welcomes Sophie Wells to our stable of bloggers. Stay up to date with Sophie's highs and lows as she brings through her young horses ahead of the next paralympic championships