“I love what I do, I always try to give 150% and after that you can only do your best,” is the very positive approach Melanie Ashe displays both in her riding and life in general. “I think everything is possible and we need to reach for the stars and dream big.”

In eventing, dreams can only come true if you have the right horse, put in the work and luck stays on your side. For Ashe, who is based in a new yard near Ashford, this year’s big dream is selection for the World Equestrian Games with Rathmolyon Flight, who she purchased as a five-year-old with her late father, Tim Philips.