In this episode of “In Stride,” Sinead is joined by Irish 5* event rider Elizabeth Power.

Elizabeth Power is a 5* event rider and show jumper based in Ireland. Elizabeth started her competitive career in show jumping and represented Ireland at the Pony European Championships at Hartpury, England in 1997. Elizabeth started her eventing career in 1998 and has represented Ireland at the European Championships at the pony, junior, and senior levels. Elizabeth was 11th at her Badminton debut in 2009 on Kilpatrick River, 9th at Burghley in 2018, and won the 4* short at Mallow in 2020 on Soladoun. She also won the show jumping speed class at the 2019 Dublin CSIO5* on Doonaveeragh O One. Elizabeth is the daughter of Con Power, who was a member of the 1970’s Irish show jumping team.

In this episode, Elizabeth discusses various topics related to her career and approach to horse training, including:

• Producing talented horses that go on to be successful with other professional riders.

• Growing up in a competitive household of accomplished equestrians.

• The risk of competing at a high level and how safety in the sport is changing.

• Nurture vs Nature and her philosophy for training horses up the levels.

• Creating a system and finding funding for the high-performance program in Ireland.

Join Elizabeth and Sinead in this exciting conversation on sourcing and producing talented horses.