| Hobbies |
Skiing. (fei.org, 11 Nov 2021) |
| Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning the 2022 Badminton Horse Trials in England, and claiming gold in the team eventing competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fei.org, 15 Sep 2022) |
| Most influential person in career |
Coach Yogi Breisner. (eventingconnect.today, 26 Nov 2014) |
| Hero / Idol |
British equestrian rider Pippa Funnell. (horsehero.com, 17 Aug 2011) |
| Injuries |
In September 2014 her horse Ouzo slipped and landed on her. She broke four metatarsal bones in her foot. (lauracollett.blogspot.co.uk, 20 Sep 2014)
She fell at the 2013 British Eventing Horse Trials and was in a coma for a week. She sustained a fractured shoulder, broken ribs, a punctured lung, a lacerated liver, and injuries to her kidneys. She was also left blind in one eye. (eventingconnect.today, 26 Nov 2014; bbc.co.uk, 09 Jul 2013) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"If they can do it, they can do it, whatever size of build or colour they are. I wouldn't really have a specific stamp of horse that I look for. Their brain is probably the most important thing for me." (eventingnation.com, 05 Jun 2011) |
| Awards and honours |
She was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2022 New Year Honours list. (skysports.com, 01 Jan 2022) |
| Other information |
STABLES
She runs Laura Collett Eventing out of Penhill Farm near Cheltenham, England. She previously spent four years based at Membury Estate in England, and then five years at Windy Hollow Stables in Lambourn, England, before relocating to Penhill Farm in 2018. (lauracollett.com, 01 Jul 2022; horseandhound.co.uk, 16 May 2017, 12 Nov 2013; thegaitpost.com, 2017)
RACEHORSES
She trains racehorses as well as jumping horses. "Some horses come and stay at my yard for a week or 10 days, however long it takes really. With others, they just bring them in for the day. I really enjoy doing it, because I like to make a difference and with the racehorses, you really do feel like you can make a big difference in a very small space of time. I love it, I get a real buzz out of watching them produce it on the track." (racingtv.com, 29 Mar 2020)
VISUAL ADJUSTMENT
She lost the sight in one eye following a serious fall in 2013. "My peripheral vision was not the same. I was lucky that the horses I rode after my accident were quite experienced. If my sight does happen to come back in that eye, I'll have to readjust but you adapt to it and that is the way you have to be." (eventingconnect.today, 26 Nov 2014) |
| Milestones |
She won Team gold with Great Britain on London 52 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The pair also won Team gold at the 2023 FEI European Championship.
She won Pau in 2020, Badminton in 2022 and Luhmulen in 2023. In 2022, riding London 52, she led from start to finish, setting an all time Badminton record finishing score of 21.4. |
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