13 January 2015
Riding horses – it's good for the soul, and for a long and fit life!
Olympic rider Neale Lavis, 84, sits ‘like a king on his throne’ as he rides Wattle Grove in the hills above Braidwood. I met Neale through my farrier, who told me the 1960 Rome three-day event champion was ‘one of the best blokes’ I was likely to meet. He was right. Neale still breeds, rides and trains horses. The image of the king on the throne is one Neale used about riding his champion three-day event mount,...