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Jonelle PRICE

Jonelle PRICE, New Zealander Jumping, Eventing athlete.
Name Jonelle PRICE
FEI ID 10004569
Gender Female
Date of Birth 14/10/1980
Competing for New Zealand - NZL
Registrations Eventing 2025
Jumping 2025
Last update 18/07/2024
FEI Database



Eventing 70x70 Jumping 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She is from a non-equestrian family. She took up riding as a child in New Zealand after a friend who had two ponies asked if she would like to ride one.
Why this sport? She went to one ballet class and refused to go again. She then persuaded her mother to allow her to go to Pony Club and buy her a pony. From the start she had to earn half of the money the horses cost. She mowed lawns, looked after three children before and after school, and also delivered newspapers.
Name of coach Spencer Wilton [dressage], Luis Alvarez [jumping]
International Debut
Year 2011
Competing for New Zealand
Location Aachen, GER
General Interest
Hobbies Jonelle enjoys cooking, hiking trails beach holidays and going home to New Zealand. (badminton-horse.co.uk, 2024)
Hero / Idol New Zealand event riders Blyth Tait, Mark Todd, Vaughn Jefferis, and Andrew Nicholson. (stuff.co.nz, 04 Sep 2019; horseandhound.co.uk, 23 Jul 2016)
Injuries She broke her arm in a riding fall five weeks before the 2012 Olympic Games. She recovered in time to compete at the event in London. (teamselwood.com, 25 Jan 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Keep it simple." (Athlete, 12 Jul 2012)
Awards and honours In 2018 she was named Equestrian Sports New Zealand [ESNZ] Rider of the Year. (eventingnation.com, 14 Mar 2019)
Famous relatives Her husband Tim Price represented New Zealand in eventing at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jan 2023; timandjonelle.com, 01 Sep 2021)
Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (times-age.co.nz, 21 Dec 2022; nzherald.co.nz, 02 Nov 2022)
Other information FROM NEW ZEALAND TO ENGLAND In 2005 she and Tim Price moved to Marlborough, England. They were based at Mere Farm for 17 years before announcing that they were moving to a new yard on the Chedington Estate in Dorset, England, in 2023. "The scene in New Zealand is a brilliant upbringing for riders and horses but the downfall would be the population. We don't have as many events and our season runs much shorter. Plus we don't have access to the top-level training and perhaps the knowledge that you might have access to in Europe." (horseandhound.co.uk, 04 Nov 2022; timandjonelle.com, 28 Nov 2022; YouTube, 20 Apr 2011; mitavite.co.uk, 01 Dec 2007)
General highlights She won Badminton 2018 on Classic Moet. She won Pau in 2022 on Grappa Nera. She won Team bronze at the London 2012 Olympics, and the 2022 FEI World Championship.
Milestones Jonelle and Tim became the first husband and wife to represent NZ at an Olympic Games at Rio 2016. In 2022, she and Tim became the first married couple to be ranked first and second in the International Equestrian Federation [FEI] eventing world rankings after she rose to second place and Tim took the number one position. (horseandhound.co.uk, 11 Oct 2022; nzherald.co.nz, 07 Oct 2022)
Further Personal Information
Family Husband Tim Price, son Otis [2017], daughter Abel [2020]
Other names Jonelle Richards
Residence Beaminster, Dorset [UK]
Occupation Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer
Languages English