Anne-Marie Perry

I have been riding for as long as I can remember, it has been said that when I was young I was put on a pony as an alternative to a pram as it kept me much quieter. My background is horsey as my mum runs a BHS riding school at home and my family has always been involved with horses across all disciplines.

I have been brought up riding horses and ponies of all types, shapes and sizes and was a member of the South Durham Pony Club. Before specialising in Dressage, I competed successfully in Showjumping, Eventing and Working Hunter Classes.

In 2001, at 14 years old, I qualified my horse Forrest Fire and pony Maeseyfron Rhett for the British Dressage National Championships at Stoneleigh Park, winning my class. In 2002 I returned and won again at the next level up, and was put onto the World Class Development Program for Potential Olympic Athletes, a Lottery-funded programme through UK Sport which I have been reselected onto every year since.