Ward is a member of Cheval Riding Club and works in pharmaceutical sales with Merck Seven Seas. She competes in show jumping, one-day eventing and hunter trials at advanced primary level recently finished third in the AIRC National Championships in her grade at Mullingar EC. Earlier this week, the Meath rider also won the Bronze Horse League within her club, accumulating the best score over a seven-week league.

Ward is currently competing on her friend Susan Kennedy’s gelding Yore Diamond (Wilson) as she is between horses having sold her own mare.