It is with great pleasure that The Howden Way announce their Talent Rider Academy cohort for 2025.
The Howden Way Talent Rider Academy supports riders aged 14 – 28 years, competing within the British Eventing framework, with top class training and education as they transition through the age groups and into senior competition. The purpose, working collaboratively with British Eventing, is to nurture and develop the next generation of talent enabling them to reach their full potential.
Justine Parker, Programme Director for The Howden Way, said “This will be our second cohort, following what has proven to be, an incredibly successful inaugural year. A number of inaugural riders have been invited back so that we can continue assisting them to the best of our ability; some of whom achieved considerable success including successful 5* performances through to medal winning results at their respective youth European championships. Joining them will be a number of new combinations, all of whom have shown great talent and commitment to the sport during the past season to achieve the eligibility criteria required for their inclusion. One of the real assets of the programme is the opportunity for riders to learn from other more senior riders on the programme along with the additional expertise provided.
I am very much looking forward to working alongside all the riders and their horses, our team of coaches and expert practitioners in addition to Darrell Scaife, Head of Youth at British Eventing so that we can continue to support, educate and help develop these young athletes.
Darrell Scaife said “I am delighted that British Eventing members can once again access a place on a progressive and educational training programme through achieving a performance-based criteria. I’m very much looking forward to working with The Howden Way to support successful combinations in training and competition.
The riders who have accepted their place on the programme based on reaching the required age group performance criteria in 2024 season are as follows:
TIER 1
- Tom Bird
- Alice Casburn
- Rose Nesbitt
- Libby Seed
- Storm Straker
- Emma Thomas
- Isabel White
- Tom Woodward
TIER 2 – Young Riders
- Elizabeth Barratt
- Holly Clarke
- Isabelle Cook
- Ivy Fisher
- Finn Healy
- Jemima Howden
- Joshua Levett
- Anna Price
- Anya Strilkowski
- Jasmine Underwood
TIER 2 – Juniors
- Oscar Fitzgerald
- Martha Hall
- Coco Lanni
- Holly Law
- Araminta Spencer-Churchill
- Lucy Standish
- Ruby Thompson
TIER 2 – Ponies
- Florence Drewitt
- Sophia Elliot
- Maisie Greening
- Arabella Henderson
- Sofia Paul
- Annabel Ridgway
TIER 3 – Young Riders
- Annabel Finston
- Minnie Longdon
- Pippa Royle
- Cameron Swales
- Sophie Wilden
TIER 3 – Ponies
- Chloe Chan
- Isadaora Turner
- Phoebe Woods
The Howden Way, a charity founded by David Howden, Group CEO and Founder of Howden and Founder and President of Cornbury Horse Trials, supports British Eventing extensively by delivering The Talent Rider Academy, the Young Horse Academy in addition to supporting grassroots regional training for British Eventing, the Young Horse Leagues for British Eventing in addition to providing additional prize fund for the British Eventing Young Horse Championships. Cornbury Horse Trials also host the National Young Horse Championships for British Eventing.
Equine and rider welfare is at the forefront of everything The Howden Way represents and the above activities supporting those within the sport of Eventing will soon be joined by the launch of a Thoroughbred Aftercare Programme to support the ex-racehorse and its new rider as it transitions from racehorse to riding horse.
