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Mark MCAULEY

Mark MCAULEY, Irish Jumping athlete.
Name Mark MCAULEY
FEI ID 10006836
Gender Male
Date of Birth 02/03/1987
Competing for Ireland - IRL
Registration Jumping 2025
Last update 21/12/2023
FEI Database




Jumping 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up horse riding as a child in Dublin, Ireland.
Why this sport? He followed his parents into the sport. "I grew up in a horsey family. My father was a grand prix level national jumper and my mother was a three-day eventer. My grandfather was a master of the hunt, so I took up riding very young."
Club / Team La Tuiliere: Viry, FRA
Further Personal Information
Family Wife Charlotte, sons Viggo [2018] and Billy [2019]
Residence Viry, FRA
Occupation Athlete, Breeder, Business Owner
Languages English, French, Italian
General Interest
Most influential person in career His father. (worldofshowjumping.com, 30 Jan 2018)
Hero / Idol German jumpers Ludger Beerbaum and Marcus Ehning, Irish jumpers Bertram Allen and Eddie Macken. (worldofshowjumping.com, 30 Jan 2018; equnews.com, 23 Dec 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto "There is always space for improvement. We never stop trying to improve." (latuilierecompetition.com, 05 Dec 2018)
Awards and honours He was named rookie of the year in 2017 by Horse Sport Ireland. (mwr.ie, 03 Dec 2017; horsesportireland.ie, 03 Dec 2017)
Famous relatives His wife Charlotte McAuley [nee Mordasini] has represented Sweden in jumping at international level, and won bronze in the team competition at the 2016 Nations Cup event in Dublin, Ireland. His parents John and Sarah competed in jumping at international level, while his cousins Amy and Ellen have participated in endurance riding in the United Arab Emirates. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Dec 2020; Instagram team profile, 02 Dec 2020; dans-la-foulee.fr, 31 May 2016; globalchampionstour.com, 15 Nov 2014; meathchronicle.ie, 21 Jan 2014)
Other information MOVE ABROAD In 2009 he left his father's stable in Ireland and moved to Italy. He trained young horses in a trading stable for two years before moving to the yard of Italian jumper Lalla Novo in Cervia. He then relocated to San Remo, Italy, for a further four years. In 2015 he moved to Geneva, Switzerland, and is now based at La Tuiliere in Viry, France, stables that originally belonged to the grandparents of his wife Charlotte. "We try to play great sport, but with a commercial end goal. Almost all the horses belong to us. We bought them young and we trained them for the top level. This is our philosophy. Our business plan is simple, find very good quality horses, train them and bring them as far as possible before selling them." (Instagram team profile, 23 Aug 2022; studforlife.com, 21 Jul 2021; latuilierecompetition.com, 21 Jan 2021; worldofshowjumping.com, 30 Jan 2018; globalchampionstour.com, 15 Nov 2014; dundalkdemocrat.ie, 05 Apr 2010) LEARNING HIS TRADE During his formative years in jumping he never had a full-time trainer. "When I was in Italy, I worked with [Dutch equestrian] Henk Nooren and received help from an Italian called Gianluca Bormioli, but I've never had a trainer, per se [speaking in 2018]. I watched other riders a lot, which was the best way to learn. From watching them in the warm-up ring to them flatting their horses. In the end, the sport is all about feeling. If you have feeling, you can teach yourself." (worldofshowjumping.com, 30 Jan 2018)
General highlights Team bronze medal at the European Pony Championships 2003 Young Rider National champion title in 2005 He represented Ireland in the 2004 Junior European Championships In 2017, he is back in the Top 100 of the Longines Rankings and was part of the Irish Team at the European Championships in Göteborg. (Athlete, Mar 2018)