‘I’ll watch videos before I go to sleep tonight’: how time-short amateur rider is prepping to be fast at Badminton

Libby Seed and Heartbreaker Star Quality competing in the Badminton dressage.

Amateur rider Libby Seed is lining up at her fifth CCI5* at this year’s Mars Badminton Horse Trials, riding the bold-jumping mare Heartbreaker Star Quality.

She’s been clear each time across country and finished in the top 20 twice, a feat that is all the more remarkable given that Libby works full time in the medical services industry.

But while she admits it’s “tough balancing my time”, Libby’s not just here as an amateur making up the numbers.