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Clare ABBOTT

Clare ABBOTT is an Irish athlete and competes in Eventing.
Name Clare ABBOTT
FEI ID 10003896
Gender Female
Date of Birth 28/07/1986
Competing for Ireland - IRL
Registrations Eventing 2024
Jumping 2024
Last update 31/01/2023
FEI Database



Eventing 70x70 Jumping 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She first tried riding at age two, and took up eventing at age 14. "I began hunting in the basket saddle on the lead rein when I was about two years old and grew up with show ponies and hunting, doing working hunter and pony club competitions. When I was 14, I took up eventing."
Why this sport? Growing up in Richhill, Northern Ireland, she and her sister Stephanie became interested in horses through their parents. "It was no surprise that myself and my sister had an interest from an early age. When I was very young, Mum often had a few young horses about the place and used to break them in and produce them a bit. When I was 10, I remember trying to help her. Getting to the top of the sport was always a goal."
Club / Team Clare Abbott Eventing: Hillsborough, NIR
General Interest
Memorable sporting achievement Competing at the 2014 Badminton Horse Trials in England. (theirishfield.ie, 18 Feb 2022)
Most influential person in career Her mother Catherine. (theirishfield.ie, 18 Feb 2022)
Hero / Idol New Zealand eventer Andrew Nicholson, British eventer Pippa Funnell. (irishhorse.tv, 01 Jan 2014)
Sporting philosophy / motto "My strengths lie in the high standards that I set in all aspects of my horses' preparation, training, and stable management. This includes having happy, healthy and impeccably turned out horses that are well produced, fit, and up to the standard required of them at their particular level." (belvoirrugcompany.com, 01 Jan 2018)
Famous relatives Her mother Catherine has served as chairperson of Eventing Ireland, while her father Ronnie has worked as an equestrian event steward. (theirishfield.ie, 22 Dec 2021; badminton-horse.co.uk, 17 Apr 2018)
Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (theirishfield.ie, 18 Feb 2022)
Other information STABLES She and her mother Catherine own an eventing yard in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. "I focus on producing a smaller number of quality young horses, who will achieve top results at major events, rather than mass producing young horses for sale. This allows me to spend the time that each horse requires to get the best out of them and the fact I have started them as four or five-year-olds allows me to build up an exceptional partnership with each one." (Facebook page, 30 Jan 2023; belvoirrugcompany.com, 01 Jan 2018; irishtimes.com, 30 Jul 2016) OCCUPATION She works three days a week as a mathematics teacher at Dromore High School in Northern Ireland. (theirishfield.ie, 18 Feb 2022)
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete, Horse Trainer, Teacher
Languages English