Sarah Wilkinson Dressage

About Sarah

I grew up in Kaukapakapa, New Zealand in a very ‘horsey’ family. My mum, who started off as a track work rider when she was younger also evented and later focused on Dressage to win the Novice Horse Of The Year Title in 1996. My dads side of the family were also heavily involved in the racing industry in NZ, with my grandfather owning New Zealand thoroughbred Bonecrusher - one of the most successful racehorses in Australasia. It was no doubt I would begin to ride at a young age. And after a lot of begging and pleading, my mum eventually gave in and bought me my first pony at the age of five. Together with my pony, I started off competing in showing classes and over the coming years moved onto a bigger pony to compete in show jumping and eventing. However by the age of ten years old I had begun primarily focusing on dressage, so shortly after my parents bought me my first horse, Greendowns Laredo (Larry) who was a NZ bred Gisborne Stationbred trained up to Advanced. Over the next six years, my partnership with Greendowns Laredo earned us multiple Young Rider…