Fetch An Eventful LifeLife Stories Of Eventing Champions Constructed By Alison Duthie Accessible In Document

good and with lots of great pictures!, An Eventful Life provides an insight into the lives of five elite Australian eventing riders: Sonja Johnson, Megan Jones, Shane Rose, Wendy Schaeffer and Stuart Tinney.
They are all Olympic medallists, they are all aiming for further medals and they are all still based in Australia,

An additional chapter on an up and coming rider, Emma Scott, reveals how younger Australian riders vying to take over from these champions view the world of professional equestrian sport.


This is not just a book for fans of equestrian sport it is a book for anyone interested in how seemingly ordinary people become Olympic champions.
Their stories are inspiring, touching, funny at times and sad at others and they reveal what it takes to be the best in the world.
Each of these Olympic medallists deserves a biography of their own but as they are still at the top of their sport and aiming for future goals.


These are their stories, . . so far. An informative and inspiring read, well worth it sitelink com/aneventfullif Alison Duthie was born and grew up in the UK where she evented with what she describes as occasional success to Two Star level while working for the international eventing rider Ian Stark MBE.
Alison was Ians groom inwhen he came first and second at Badminton with his great horses Sir Wattie and Glenburnie and also won a silver medal on Sir Wattie at the Seoul Olympics.
During the next few years Alison worked for many other top event riders at European and World Championships, She was a team groom at

several British Young Rider Championships during the era of Pippa Funnell, Tina Cook and Willian Fox Pitt and she went on to become Williams head girl.
After meeting her Australian husband, Peter Gillis, who was eventing in the Alison Duthie was born and grew up in the UK where she evented with what she describes as occasional success to Two Star level while working for the international eventing rider Ian Stark MBE.
Alison was Ian's groom inwhen he came first and second at Badminton with his great horses Sir Wattie and Glenburnie and also won a silver medal on Sir Wattie at the Seoul Olympics.
During the next few years Alison worked for many other top event riders at European and World Championships, She was a team groom at several British Young Rider Championships during the era of Pippa Funnell, Tina Cook and Willian Fox Pitt and she went on to become William's head girl.
After meeting her Australian husband, Peter Gillis, who was eventing in the UK, Alison moved to Australia inwhere she continued to work in the horse industry with her husband.
At this time Alison decided to combine her knowledge of horses with her journalistic skills and became the Australian correspondent for the UK magazine 'Eventing'.
She is now also the editor of 'The Eventer' magazine the official magazine of Eventing New South Wales which has grown to be a popular publication and is the only magazine in Australia dedicated to eventing.
Alison has also written for Horse and Hound and UK Riding magazine, is the writer of Stuart Tinney's book "Making the Time' and co authored "The Groom's Handbook" with Emma D'arcy.
Alison lives at Penrose in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW with her husband and her two young sons, Thomas and David, sitelink.