Marriage ceremony fever has bloomed throughout the equestrian world in latest weeks with gold medallists, main jockeys and prime riders tying the knot.
The Oxfordshire marriage ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist Harry Charles and US showjumper Eve Jobs grabbed worldwide headlines final weekend – so too did the Cotswolds, dubbed this summer time’s vacation spot for mega-weddings by The Instances.
The couple wed at St Michael and All Angels in Nice Tew on Saturday (26 July), adopted by a reception at Estelle Manor.
Sharp-eyed equestrians could have noticed prime riders among the many friends pictured arriving on the church, together with members of Harry’s household, Rolex Eventing Grand Slam winner Pippa Funnell and US showjumper Jennifer Gates Nassar.
Former US vice-president Kamala Harris and a minimum of one Kardashian had been additionally on the visitor listing, whereas Elton John is rumoured to have carried out on the social gathering.
Reigning champion Nationwide Hunt jockey Sean Bowen married long-term girlfriend Harriett Matthews on 11 July. Sean, who landed the jockeys championship for the primary time in April and is main the way in which within the 2025/25 championship, rode a double at Perth two days later.
Sophie Christiansen, who received 30 senior championship medals – 24 of which had been gold – throughout her para dressage profession, tied the knot with fiancé Peter McKnight this month.
Paralympic rider and swimmer Suzanna Hext, who received three gold medals on the 2017 European para dressage championships and has completed on the rostrum a number of instances at para swimming World Championships, has married Gareth Petts.
Elsewhere within the dressage world, British rider Olivia Oakley and Taylor Elias acquired hitched at Romsey Abbey on Saturday (26 July), with a reception at Pyesmead Farm.
Olivia posted photographs from the day with the caption: “The most effective day of our lives.”
Final 12 months’s Welsh Grand Nationwide-winning jockey Charlie Hammond and Harriet Edmunds, who has evented at superior and is assistant coach to her father, Nationwide Hunt coach Stuart, additionally tied the knot on 26 July.
Superior occasion rider Charlotte Bacon and bounce jockey Harrison Beswick married in June.
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Lucy is an skilled information journalist, reporter and presenter. Since becoming a member of the Horse & Hound group in 2015, Lucy has reported from main international sporting occasions together with the Tokyo Paralympic Video games and a number of European Championships, in addition to Badminton, Burghley and London, to call just a few. She has coated present affairs and sports activities information throughout the complete spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, in addition to human and equine welfare, business information and courtroom instances.
