Mary King ‘thrilled’ at new ambassador role

Top event rider Mary King has become the first ever equine ambassador for welfare charity the Blue Cross.

Mary, who has represented Great Britain at six Olympics between 1992 and 2012, winning team silver in 2004 and 2012 and team bronze in 2008, has been a “keen supporter” of the charity for many years and will help to raise the profile of its important welfare work in the UK.

Mary has supported the national equine welfare survey which was organised by the charity and has ridden a Blue Cross horse called Sheridan around part of Badminton “although admittedly not over any of the cross-country jumps”

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Article written by: Becky Murray