Older riders, hope for us all!

[ycbm]

Wow, I followed Anneli Drummond Hay when I was a child, and she's still competing at 82!


https://www-horseandhound-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/anneli-drummond-hay-competing-aged-82-684700/amp?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/anneli-drummond-hay-competing-aged-82-684700

 

[splashgirl45]

me too. she is amazing

 

[w1bbler]

I have a friend that's just sold her very sensible cob to a 92 year old who 'didn't want to give up riding just yet 😀

 

[silv]

Wow, I followed Anneli Drummond Hay when I was a child, and she's still competing at 82!


https://www-horseandhound-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/anneli-drummond-hay-competing-aged-82-684700/amp?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/anneli-drummond-hay-competing-aged-82-684700

Yep, me too.

 

[Orangehorse]

Yes, I saw this, well done to Anneli. I know a few ladies in their 70s who still ride regularly although not competiting.

 

[Rumtytum]

I collected these chewing gum cards in the mid sixties. She's a legend!

 

[ycbm]

You not only collected them, you've still got them?

I've just realised why I used to wear a yellow rollneck to ride in !!

 

[Rumtytum]

Kept them for decades then they got lost. Bought a set on eBay along with the complete Ruby Ferguson 'Jill' series. Becoming more sentimental as I age ha ha. (And I yearned for a yellow roll neck but couldn't afford one).

 

[ycbm]

Kept them for decades then they got lost. Bought a set on eBay along with the complete Ruby Ferguson 'Jill' series. Becoming more sentimental as I age ha ha. (And I yearned for a yellow roll neck but couldn't afford one).

I got my mum to knit it, cool, eh 😎. I had second hand bingo wing jodhpurs, too. I was only riding for half an hour every two weeks at that point 😂

 

[Meredith]

I got my mum to knit it, cool, eh 😎. I had second hand bingo wing jodhpurs, too. I was only riding for half an hour every two weeks at that point 😂

Are we sisters?😂

 

[splashgirl45]

my mum knitted me a yellow polo neck with a horses head on it, and i also had bingo wing jodhs

 

[paddy555]

I got my mum to knit it, cool, eh 😎. I had second hand bingo wing jodhpurs, too. I was only riding for half an hour every two weeks at that point 😂

I was madly in love with my yellow roll neck. I still have the winged jodhs. Couldn't bear to throw them away.

I suspect everyone of a certain age is going to post about their yellow polo necks and bingo wings as that was what everyone rode in.

 

[paddy555]

there is indeed hope for us. Lovely to hear ADH is still competing. There is a lovely video on you tube. Sorry I cannot get a link to work but if you search you tube for "Perth's sensational seniors" you will find Ken a 90 yo and Saffy his pure bred arab.
Ken took up endurance in his 70's, he did the Quilty 9 times the last aged 81. At 90 he is still riding and not only riding he could still get on from the ground! No mounting blocks needed for Ken.

 

[silv]

Fond memories or the bingo wing jodphurs, (second Hand) and the yellow polo neck with string gloves. Only got with the times when Jackatex? started up and I got modern stuff which I think was pretty poor quality. Their rubber boots were particularly horrid, but being about 12 I thought they were fabulous.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

my mum knitted me a yellow polo neck with a horses head on it, and i also had bingo wing jodhs

ohhhh me too!! Wish I'd kept those jods they'd have been a real antique by now! They were old when I had them, if memory serves me right they came via the local jumble sale!!

 

[ycbm]

Mine were second had,too, from the local paper! They were really thick cavalry twill, and 'the' brand to be seen in. I'm getting to remember what it was. It might have been Harry Hall but I think it began with a b.

 

[ycbm]

Trying, not getting. And they were side fastening too, 'ladies' didn't have flies in those days!

 

[Apercrumbie]

Well I now really want a yellow roll neck. I don't even particularly like yellow. What an amazing woman!

 

[oldie48]

there is indeed hope for us. Lovely to hear ADH is still competing. There is a lovely video on you tube. Sorry I cannot get a link to work but if you search you tube for "Perth's sensational seniors" you will find Ken a 90 yo and Saffy his pure bred arab.
Ken took up endurance in his 70's, he did the Quilty 9 times the last aged 81. At 90 he is still riding and not only riding he could still get on from the ground! No mounting blocks needed for Ken.

Goodness I couldn't get on a 15.2 from the ground when I was 50! It is so heartening though!