What better way to celebrate your 76th birthday than to saddle up ‘Prince of Thieves’ and trot it out in the Pan Pacific Masters Games (PPMG) Equestrian Dressage competition. Spritely septuagenarian Wendy Pailthorpe can normally be found on the arena sidelines coaching her granddaughter, but the tables turned today with Ryder Wilkie offering her ‘GG’ some last-minute tips before her dressage test this morning.
As the oldest Pan Pacific Masters Games equestrian competitor at 72, Dr Peter Ewing has a strong chance of winning gold despite competing against riders 20 years his junior.
Equestrian pioneers are amongst the dressage competitors at this year’s Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games. Liz Vansleve remains active in the equestrian community despite making a comeback in the over 60s division of the competition.
The Lockyer Equestrian Group (LEGs), were hot to trot at Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters inaugural dressage competition today. Proving that age is merely a number, LEGs members Ellen Osmond (71) and Lyn Roberton (67) were proud to claim their medals and party hard at the Mudgeeraba showgrounds.
