Horse & Hound

Becky and Hannah Moody

‘If Mum and Dad hadn’t been here for us, they’d have a retirement house in France’
BECKY MOODY ON INVALUABLE PARENTAL SUPPORT

AS children, the Moody girls would make the long drive south on a freezing November day to pony team training at Hickstead. Ahead was a night spent in the trailer in sub-zero temperatures. Becky had won the pony talent spotting final and was about to be selected as reserve for the European Championships. But the main memory the sisters have of the occasion was a remark about them being the people who did dressage on a shoestring because they didn’t have a wagon.

It’s something they laugh about

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