Eventing squad
Laura Collett
- Age: 35
- Based in: Salperton, Gloucestershire
- World ranking: 6
Laura had her call-up to the British Pony team back in 2005 with Noble Springbok, where they won team gold and individual bronze. Following this success, she was then selected to represent Britain on the Junior team in 2006 with Fernhill Sox (team gold and individual bronze), then again in 2007, where she brought home double gold with Rayef.
In 2009, Laura won the National Under-21 Championship title and was also selected to represent Britain at Young Rider level, where she earned team and individual gold titles.
After receiving her first senior squad selection in 2011 with Rayef for the FEI European Championships in Luhmühlen, she was selected for Blair European Championships in 2015 with Grand Manoeuvre. She also competed as an individual at the European Championships in Luhmühlen in 2019 with London 52.
A coveted first CCI5* victory came at Pau in 2021 with London 52, followed by the pair heading to Japan for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – they came home with team gold. Thoroughly on a roll, this was soon followed by them taking the Badminton Horse Trials title in May of this year.
After just missing out on a team medal at the World Championships in Pratoni in 2022, Laura and London 52 travelled to Luhmühlen in June 2023, where they added another CCI5* title to their collection with a personal best finishing score of 20.3. This was swiftly followed by selection for the FEI Eventing European Championship later that summer, where they helped the team to a gold medal and individual ninth place.
In 2024, Laura and London 52 were selected for Paris 2024, to defend the team gold medal they won for Team GB at the previous Games. During the dressage phase, they smashed the Olympic eventing dressage record – previously 19.2 and held by David O'Connor of the USA – with a score of 17.5. On the final day, they helped Team GB to retain their title, plus picked up an individual bronze – their first individual championship medal.
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Caroline Harris
- Age: 35
- Based in: Stroud, Gloucestershire
- World ranking: 12
Caroline grew up in London as part of a non-horsey family. Her dad sent her and her sister to have riding lessons – although not initially keen, a bit of sibling rivalry meant that Caroline stuck with it until she was eventually bitten by the horsey bug. When she was 10, her family moved to the countryside and she got her first pony.
In her late teens, she based herself with Australian CCI5* winner Sam Griffiths at his Dorset yard, where she stayed for 10 years.
Caroline has ridden at the FEI Eventing Young Horses World Championship at Le Lion d'Angers, most notably finishing fourth with Cooley Mosstown in 2023. She's appeared on a number of FEI Eventing Nations Cup teams, including Boekelo in 2023 and Lignieres in 2024 – Great Britain finished second on both of these occasions.
Currently, she's based at Captain Mark Phillips' Gloucesteshire base with Zara Tindall and Kiwi Clarke Johnstone, where she has her own string of around 18 horses. As an additional sideline alongside eventing, she pre-trains racehorses for trainer Jason Maguire.
Caroline shot to prominence with a stellar 2024 season that saw her win the CCI3*-S at Thoresby, CCI4*-S at Lignieres and Mallow, and finish the season with a fantastic win at Pau CCI5* in incredibly wet conditions.
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Yasmin Ingham
- Age: 28
- Based in: Nantwich, Cheshire (originally from the Isle of Man)
- World ranking: 24
Yaz was born and brought up on the Isle of Man, where she spent her formative years as a member of the Isle of Man branch of the Pony Club, competing in many different disciplines. She also competed in working hunter showing classes for a few years, qualifying for the Royal International Horse Show and Horse of the Year Show. She received her first team call-up to compete as an individual in the Pony European Eventing Championships in Fontainebleau in 2012. This was followed by the European Championships in Arezzo, Italy the following year, where Yaz won individual and team gold.
After leaving school at 16, Yaz moved across the water to the mainland to ride for Eddie and Sue Davies and Janette Chinn at the Pewit Stud in Cheshire. Since then, she’s risen through the ranks to become under-18, under-21 and under-25 National Champion. The same year as becoming U21 National Champion, she also finished fourth at the Young Rider European Championships with Rehy DJ – they finished on the same score as the bronze medallist, but missed the podium due to having the slower showjumping time.
Yaz made her CCI5* debut at Pau in 2018 riding Night Line, where they finished 16th. Rehy DJ has his turn at Pau in 2020, but was withdrawn before the second horse inspection. In 2022, Yaz took Banzai du Loir across the pond to Kentucky, where they finished second at the CCI5* behind Germany's Michael Jung and fischerChipmunk.
A senior championship call-up came last year, where Yaz and Banzai du Loir represented Great Britain as individuals at the FEI Eventing World Championship. A foot-perfect performance across the competition saw them once again go toe-to-toe with Michi and Chipmunk in the final phase, but this time it was the young guns who came out on top after the German pair rolled the final fence. At the age of just 25, Yaz had added her name to a list that includes some of the biggest stars in the sport of eventing, including Mary Gordon-Watson, Lucinda Green, Ginny Elliott, Zara Tindall and team mate Ros Canter.
Yaz wasn't done making history, though. She and Banzai headed to CHIO Aachen in June, where they became the first ever Brits to take the CCI4*-S title. This was followed by selection for the FEI Eventing European Championship in Haras du Pin, where they helped the British team to a gold medal.
In 2024, Yaz and Banzai were selected as the travelling reserves for the Team GB eventing team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Piggy March
- Age: 45
- Based in: Maidwell, Northamptonshire
- World ranking: 19
Georgina, otherwise known as Piggy, is one of Britain’s leading event riders. Piggy was part of the British squad for the 2010 World Equestrian Games and was an individual silver medallist at the 2009 European Championships.
Piggy took a break from the sport in 2016, becoming a mother for the first time, but returned to competition in 2017 with Quarrycrest Echo – they were selected to compete as individuals at the European Championships in Strzegom that year.
In 2018, Piggy was part of the gold medal-winning team at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, again riding Quarrycrest Echo. The following spring, they travelled to Kentucky to compete in the CCI5*, finishing fourth.
On her 25th attempt at CCI5* level, Piggy secured the Badminton title in 2019 with Vanir Kamira. This was followed by the runner-up spot at Burghley later that season, also with Vanir Kamira.
In 2021, Piggy was part of the squad that headed to the FEI Eventing European Championship in Avenches, where she and Brookfield Inocent picked up team gold and individual silver.
Piggy runs an event yard and stud in Northamptonshire with her husband, Tom March, with whom she shares son Max.
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Tom McEwen
- Age: 34
- Based in: Stroud, Gloucestershire
- World ranking: 5
Tom was born into an equestrian family – his mother was a showjumper, while his father and uncle are equine vets. He joined the VWH Pony Club as a child, competing on a number of championship teams in dressage and eventing, before moving on to representing Great Britain in eventing youth teams. Pony team gold came in 2007, followed by two team gold medals at Young Rider level in 2010 and 2011.
Tom was set to make his senior championship debut at the FEI Eventing European Championship in Malmö in 2013, but Diesel sadly failed the first horse inspection. After being short-listed for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, it took another two years before Tom finally secured the coveted team slot – he and Toledo de Kerser got a seat on the plane to the World Equestrian Games in Tryon in 2018, where they helped the team to gold. Tom made his Olympic debut at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021, coming home with team gold and individual silver.
After finishing third at CHIO Aachen in 2022, Tom and Toledo clocked up a second FEI Eventing World Championship in Pratoni del Vivaro in 2022, where they finished in 12th individually and the British team were fourth. This was also the year that Tom began his partnership with former Nicola Wilson ride JL Dublin.
In 2022, Tom and JL Dublin headed across the Atlantic for the CCI5* at Kentucky, where they finished as runners-up behind home favourites Tamie Smith and Mai Baum. This was followed by a call-up for the FEI Eventing European Championship that summer, where they put in a very competitive dressage test but sadly parted company on a tricky cross-country course.
In 2023, Tom has notched up two second placings at CCI5* – one at Kentucky CCI5* with JL Dublin, in a repeat of the previous year, and again at the Luhmühlen CCI5* with CHF Cooliser.
Tom made his second Games appearance when he and JL Dublin were selected to represent Team GB at Paris 2024. They helped the team achieve gold and finished agonisingly close to the individual podium in fourth – the highest-placed pair to finish on their dressage score.
Tom married his long-term partner, Harriet, in 2023 and they saw the arrival of their first child, Dougie, late the following year.
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Bubby Upton
- Age: 26
- Based in: Newmarket, Suffolk
- World ranking: 10
Bubby (who was christened Isabelle) has ridden all her life and was an active member of the Newmarket and Thurlow Pony Club during her childhood.
She was a highly successful youth athlete, including winning team and individual silver at the FEI Eventing Pony European Championship in 2014, team bronze at the FEI Eventing Junior European Championship in 2016, individual gold and team silver at the FEI Eventing Junior European Championship in 2017, and individual silver and team gold at the FEI Eventing Young Rider European Championship in 2019.
Bubby has twice been crowned U25 National Champion – first at Biction in 2021, then at Bramham in 2023.
She made her CCI5* debut in 2021 at Pau and has achieved a number of top-XX results, including...
In 2023, Bubby suffered a serious riding accident while schooling a young horse at home that resulted in her fracturing her spine. After a period of intensive rehabilitation, she returned to riding the following spring and achieved a 10th place finish at Badminton Horse Trials.
Earlier this year, Bubby piloted Its Cooley Time to a win in the CCI4*-L at Bramham Horse Trials, on what was the horse's first attempt at the level.
Bubby holds a degree in sports management in Edinburgh University, which she completed alongside her eventing career by commuting back and forth between the university and her base in Newmarket.