STRENGTH through adversity. A positive mindset and determination to get back to teaching and into the saddle - all of these come to mind in conversation with dressage rider, Rachel Dowley.

A HSI level 2 coach and a member of the High Performance dressage development squad, she was a member of the high-performance pony eventing squad in her younger years, but began to specialise in dressage when she started to ride with her neighbour, Irish international dressage rider Anne Marie Dunphy.