I AM the home flat rider for Kevin Babington while I am here in Wellington, so I spend a lot of time in the barn and I keep everything ticking over. Each day, I am riding Kevin’s horses that aren’t at the show and riding the client’s horses, so I don’t actually get into the show every day.

It’s quite busy here now, we have 39 horses in the yard and 12 staff, so I am riding about eight horses a day. Depending on the day, Kevin could be here in the morning for a while and will start riding early and then go to the show.