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DESIGN DIVAS

They say to be born into the Turner family means to be born in the saddle. While that’s not strictly true, the Turner women all started riding almost as soon as they could walk. Gendy Parry Okeden, the oldest of the three Turner girls, started riding at the age of two and was back competing just three months after her twin boys, Sam and Tom, were born.

“My mother, Beth, is a veteran eventer and horse riding coach and trainer,” Gendy

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