MEET THE EXPERT
KYLIE RODDY is a five-star eventer who completed Badminton in 2022 and finished fifth at the Pau CCI5* in 2023. Kylie is a qualified Fellow of the BHS. She runs a livery and competition yard in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, as well as an equine water treadmill. She also successfully retrains young racehorses, including those belonging to Adrian and Maggie Smith.
Anyone who takes on a former racehorse will find plenty of useful information on the Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) website — ror.org.uk. Sections include rehoming and sourcing, welfare and education and training and competitions. The latter covers eventing, showjumping, dressage, showing, polo and endurance, plus horseball, hunter trials, polocrosse, combined training, Western riding and the free ROR Ridely Hacking Challenge. Who knew that there were so many disciplines…
