Biography

It will be a first Badminton for British rider Richard Coney (25) and Poetry in Motion. In 2023 the pair completed Burghley and was 4^th in the U25 championship at Bramham. Richard who is based at Honington Grange in Lincolnshire home to both human and equine wellness and spa centres, also completed his first 5* at Pau in 2020 with two rides (9^th & 18^th ).

Richard started riding at the age of five or six and started eventing with the Pony Club and competing in PC championships. Aged 12 he took the ride on his sister’s pony and competed in pony trials moving onto horses at the age of 15. Around this time he started riding Kananaskis (Ustinov x Taloubet) with who he went on to win two Junior team medals (silver and bronze) and in 2019 Young Rider team gold. In 2019 he was a member of the British Nations Cup team and in 2020 completed his first 5* at Pau.

Richard, a former student of Derby University where he studied civil engineering trains with Tracey Woodhead and Chris Bartle. Off horses Richard enjoys cycling, shooting and is an avid follower of Formula 1.

Poetry in Motion is an 11-year-old Irish-bred, Irish Sport Horse registered gelding. Bred by Evelyn Casserly he is by the Cruising son Yeats out of Woodville Soap by Lux Z. He was bought by his owner and former event rider Sophie White as a five-year-old from Ireland and initially produced by her daughter Florence to 3* who qualified him for Blenheim. Richard took the ride in 2022 after Florence went travelling after completing her A levels and then on to university. Poetry in Motion generally lives at home where he is ridden and exercised by 14-year-old Cordelia White and brought over to Richard several times a week.