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The tale of giving up a successful career to focus on competing my horses and having fun

Back in August I gave up my job as a sales manager for a Horse Feed company to focus on competing my horses.  It was the culmination of being over worked, under appreciated and ultimately disliking my job to the point of resentment that led to my decision.  I could no longer see the point in earning lots of money if i had no time to enjoy the things i loved the most. For me this was my love of Eventing. So i finally packed my bags, handed back the keys to my company car and returned home to my boyfriend and animals with only a bike to get me from A to B.

Four weeks in and the realisation of what i’d done had truely sunk in. I had no car, no computer and lots and lots of  time on my hands that I couldn’t fill(not a problem now though may I add!). So I focused on turning my 5 yr ex race horse into a competition super star.

I brought Zoe as a 3 yr old from the sales as she was considered too slow after her first race at Exeter. A firey, bright eyed intelligent madam is our Zoe. Teach her something for too long and she thinks you’re insulting her intelligence.  From the first day I sat on her as a 3 yr old she could do flying changes and canter a 5 meter circle. But ask her to hack out by herself and the whole world had ended. Cutting a long story short…..2 years down the line with no Company boss watching my every move I can now say that Zoe and I have the most fantastic partnership. The best bit being that last weekend we came 5th in a One Day Event. It was only our 4th ever outing 

So this is my story. I am a 27 yr old Freelance sales & Marketing consultant who works the oddest hours just so that I can ride my horses.  So come back for regular updates on the Zoe machine and watch our progress from rearing acrobat to our ultimate 2012 olympic dreams.