Sarah Ennis 51 y/o

Ireland

CCI5* -L Starts (total since 2008): 16

82 - Grantstown Jackson

Biography

Sarah has represented Ireland nine times at senior championship level since 2013 and was a member of the team that won silver at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, USA.

Sarah has completed Badminton five times since 2013, including in the last two years with Grantstown Jackson, 17th in 2024, her ride this time.

She has produced Grantstown Jackson through the grades since one-star in 2018, having taken him on as a four-year-old from Ciaran Glynn. She took him to his first CCI5*-L, Pau, France, in 2023, finishing 22nd. Last year they were seventh at Boekelo and fifth at Aachen as well as completing Badminton.

Sarah, whose sisters Nicola and Niamh also event, is married to Niki Potterton. They have a son, James, with whom Sarah goes mountain-biking at weekends, and live in Dunboyne, Co Meath, where they run Stellor Sport Horses.

She originally worked as a lab technician before a career in producing and competing horses and is qualified in scuba-diving at dive master level.

Entries

Grantstown Jackson

ISH, Ireland, 2011
16.0hh , bay , gelding

Sire Clover Brigade

Dam Winning Lass (Right Win)

Breeder Caroline Widger

Owned Peter Cole
Susanne Francke

Stats & Insights from

PB – Dressage(CCI5*-L)

34.5 - Burghley 2024

PB – Finish(CCI5*-L)

60.4 - Badminton 2024 - 17th

Dressage(Last 6 tests avg.)

34.9

XCJ – Clear Rate(Last 10 runs)

50%

SJ Faults(Last 6 avg.)

2.7

Insights

Grantstown Jackson's highest-rated performance came at Boekelo's CCI4*-L in 2025. He finished on his dressage score to come 7th.
It's a 17th start at the CCI5* level for Sarah and a fifth for Grantstown Jackson.

Badminton Record

2025 – Grantstown Jackson 53rd
2024 – Grantstown Jackson 17th
2022 – Woodcourt Garrison EL
2017 – Horseware Stellor Rebound 32nd
2016 – Blm Diamond Delux 34th
2014 – Sugar Brown Babe EL
2013 – Sugar Brown Babe 38th

Notable Results

2025 Blenheim Europeans – Dourough Ferro Class Act 15th
2025 Boekelo CCI4*-L – Grantstown Jackson 7th
2025 Millstreet CCI4*-L – Dourough Ferro Class Act 6th
2023 Blenheim CCI4*-L – Action Lady M 24th
2023 Le Pin au Haras Europeans – Grantstown Jackson 14th
2023 Pau CCI5*-L – Grantstown Jackson 22nd
2022 Boekelo CCI4*-L – Grantstown Jackson 21st
2021 Tokyo Olympics – Woodcourt Garrison 36th
2020 Ballindenisk CCI4*-L – Woodcourt Garrison 2nd
2019 Bramham CCI4*-L – Woodcourt Garrison 30th
2019 Luhmühlen Europeans – Woodcourt Garrison 26th
2018 Boekelo CCI4*-L – Woodcourt Garrison 21st
2018 Tryon World Games – Horseware Stellor Rebound 5th
2017 Strzegom Europeans – Horseware Stellor Rebound 7th
2016 Pau CCI5*-L – Horseware Stellor Rebound 20th
2015 Bramham CCI4*-L – Horseware Stellor Rebound 4th
2014 Caen World Games – Horseware Stellor Rebound 51st
2014 Tattersalls CCI4*-L – Horseware Stellor Rebound 3rd
2013 Boekelo CCI4*-L – Horseware Stellor Rebound 14th
2013 Malmö Europeans – Sugar Brown Babe 39th
2013 Tattersalls CCI4*-L – BLM Diamond Delux 4th
2012 Ballindenisk CCI4*-L – BLM Diamond Delux 1st
2012 Tattersalls CCI4*-L – Sugar Brown Babe 2nd
2011 Boekelo CCI4*-L – Sugar Brown Babe 45th
2011 Tattersalls CCI4*-L – Sugar Brown Babe 14th