Karen Dixon

‘He was my best friend’: rider pays tribute as eventing superstar put down aged 33

‘When I was competing at the top level, I’d ask one of the tall boys like William Fox-Pitt or Gary Parsonage to trot him up as he felt about 18hh’

Farewell to... eventer Karen Dixon's mother Elaine Straker

Elaine was brought up in the Tees Valley, rode from an early age and was a point-to-point jockey before she turned her attention to her children’s riding careers

Karen Dixon prepares to up sticks for Northern Ireland

Karen and family hope to relocate to Co Antrim — her husband Andrew's home county

Karen Dixon’s Get Smart, multi-medalled eventer, put down

One of British eventing’s all-time greats, Karen Dixon’s Olympic, world and European medallist Get Smart, has been put down

Karen Dixon's disabled niece stars in Beyond Boundaries on BBC2

An epic journey across Ecuador by Olivia Straker, the niece of former Olympic event rider Karen Dixon, is to be shown on the Beyond Boundaries series on BBC2 this month

Dixon duo plan UK’s biggest centre

Plans are underway to build the largest equestrian centre in the UK at the cost of £30m