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Samantha Richmond-Walls

British Eventing rider and EquiTeam member who returned from a broken back and confidence loss to compete at BE100 and her first CCI 1* at Scone Palace International aboard Poseidon.

Oct 6, 2026

3:03
What did that look like for you, and how did it go? What were the highs? What were the lows?
3:08
So I started at Kirriemuir, um, and I was quite brave because I just came out at 100, and I'd given the 100 a go last year, and then I dropped back down to 90 to, like, chase other goals.
3:21
Um, so I came out at Kirriemuir, which would've been April time.
3:25
Uh, and I'll be honest, I walked the 100, and I thought, "What have I done?" Like, "What have I actually done?" And they had...
3:32
I don't know if anyone would've seen it, but they had, like, a big brush ditch [laughs] near the end, and I just thought, "Oh, my word," like, "Yeah, what am I doing? Why do I want to do this? Is it fun? Should I be doing this?" Um, and he was just brilliant.
3:47
Like, it was so muddy, um, and he just coasted round quite the thing, and I had the best time.

15 MINS LATER

18:56
And I had, um, wondered if that had really shook you to the core and made you think, "How much do I want this?"

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