Biography

It is a first Badminton for New Zealander Tayla Mason (31) who is currently based near Marlborough. Last year with Centennial Tayla completed Pau 5* (26^th) their second completion of the French event. She also had success at 4* with Joopiter.

Tayla originally left New Zealand in 2019 to work for Team Price and was then asked to join the team as second rider, having put her Master degree in Management on hold. She brought Centennial with her who at that point was show jumping and had competed at 3* in eventing.

Tayla trains with fellow New Zealanders Andrew Nicholson and Tim and Jonelle Price.

Centennial is a homebred 14-year-old New Zealand warmblood gelding. He is by Euro Sport Centavos (a son of Escudo) out of Made you Look by the thoroughbred Moonwalker. He was bred by Tayla’s mother Sonya Mason and born on the family farm on the Kapiti coast (north island) and brought through the grades by Tayla. Sonya competed the dam. Tayla’s 4* horse Joopiter was also bred by her mother and is also by Euro Sport Centavos