From the start of his riding journey on 2 cheeky ponies, Rosie and Posy, going to an Olympics and then a life-changing fall, Jonty Evans has been through it all.

He joins Nicole to chat through his eventing journey, his wonder horse Cooley Rorkes Drift and his Paris Paralympic hopes.

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Jonty has been competing internationally for Ireland for more than twenty years. 

In 2015, he helped lead the Irish team to the nation's first-ever Irish FEI Eventing Nations' Cup victory in the Boekelo Nations' Cup. In 2016, he went to the Rio Olympics with Cooley Rorkes Drift to finish 9th individually. 

In 2017 the owner of Cooley Rorkes Drift (Art) decided to sell him so Jonty set up a crowdfunding initiative to buy him. It was a massive success and Jonty bought Cooley Rorkes Drift with the help of crowdfunding.

On 3 June 2018, during the cross-country at Tattersalls, he suffered a serious brain injury from a fall and has had to learn to walk and talk again.

He now has his sights set on competing at the Paris Paralympics.

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