| Injuries |
She broke her shoulder in 2016. (herefordcs.com, 21 Mar 2017)
She was airlifted to hospital after breaking her pelvis in two places in December 2015. She returned to competition in March 2016. "I didn't think it was that bad [the injury], so I waited half-an-hour before calling the emergency services. In the end I couldn't get up so they called an air ambulance." (herefordcs.com, 21 Mar 2017; horseandhound.co.uk, 09 Dec 2015)
She broke her elbow in a fall in October 2015 and was out of action for five weeks. (horseandhound.co.uk, 09 Dec 2015)
She underwent an operation to remove a pin from her leg in February 2014. (horseandcountry.tv, 03 Nov 2014)
She sustained multiple knee and ankle fractures in a car accident in 1999. (horsehero.com, 04 Nov 2009; thejoyofhorses.com, 01 Apr 2000) |
| Other information |
STABLES
She runs Harwood Eventing in Herefordshire, England, where she trains and trades horses. She is also a British Horse Society instructor [BHSII] and a British Eventing accredited coach, and enjoys teaching at local Pony Clubs. "I was proud to represent my Pony Club, Radnor and West Hereford, in all of the teams, and now enjoy teaching and giving something back to this and our other local Pony Clubs." (Facebook page, 25 Mar 2023; badminton-horse.co.uk, 02 May 2018; harwoodeventing.co.uk, 01 Jan 2017; horse-events.co.uk, 07 May 2021)
SAYING GOODBYE TO BARNEY
In December 2020 her horse, Bit of A Barney, passed away at age 25. The pair secured victory together at the 2005 Concours Complet International in Chepstow, Wales. "[When he was born] he was this tiny little thing and could walk right under the mare's tummy. He had a very wonky leg and the vet told us we would be lucky if he made a hack. [Eventually] he was a lovely horse to ride. He always loved his jumping. Again, he didn't make the classical shape over a fence, but he would tuck his little back legs in and was super. Nobody would have bought him from the way he moved, so lucky old me that I was the one who got to have him. He had a heart of gold and tried so hard." (horseandhound.co.uk, 01 Jan 2021; britisheventing.com, 22 May 2005)
PANDEMIC JOBS
In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked as a delivery driver for a supermarket in the UK to supplement her coaching income. She also studied to become a gym instructor through an online course. "The first thing I will be qualified to teach is circuit training. I started the course fairly soon into lockdown and a lot of it is physiology, so I dredged up my brain power from my degree in applied biology." (horseandhound.co.uk, 12 May 2020)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has a postgraduate diploma in applied equine science from the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, England. (Facebook profile, 02 Apr 2021; badminton-horse.co.uk, 02 May 2018)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has written articles for the equestrian magazine Horse & Hound. In August 2020, she was part of a group of riders and supporters who cycled 150 miles from Badminton House to Burghley House in England and raised more than 12,000 GBP for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. (justgiving.com, 20 Aug 2020; harwoodeventing.co.uk, 26 Jan 2015) |
FEI Database
harwoodeventing.com 
www.facebook.com/louiseskelton.harwood 
twitter.com/HarwoodEventing 
instagram.com/harwood_eventing 
www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvVaf08cuV0bYVLjtshuVA 
