GB Rider Profile; Richard Davison

The dressage Team GB has recently been revealed and it was announced that Richard Davison would be competing as an individual rider. Richard has been the number one dressage rider in Great Britain on a number of occasions and in 2008 he was the British team captain at the Beijing Olympics. He was also the team captain at the European Championships in 2009 in which they won a team silver and he won an individual bronze. He has competed at three Olympic games.

Richard is from Staffordshire and at a young age he rode in the pony club, having his first pony at the age of 9. His wife and children are also involved in horses and competing.

Below is a video fro YouTube of him riding his horse Artemis to an Elton John medley! This is the horse he will be riding in the Olympics.

He has his own website which is linked below and contains up to date information about him.
http://www.davisonequestrian.com/

(These photos do not belong to me)

Love Laura
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