HAYLEY REYNOLDS has several plates to spin. While many of us admit we can struggle to juggle our work-life balance, the part-time native pony producer from Cheshire seems to have several jobs on the go, late nights and early starts. Hayley, 34, topped offer 2019 show season with a dream win at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).
“I’d been third on three occasions,” explains Hayley, who took the New Forest pony of the year title with Lesley Cook’s bay gelding Okedene Justin. Hayley had discovered Justin as a three-year-old in a city center allotment seven years ago, paying just £250 for him.
“While the third is an amazing achievement, I’d been trying for more than 15 years to get into that main arena championship,” she continues. “Last year was a difficult one for me; I’d been through a relationship break-up and as I walked into the class with Justin, I thought the only thing which would make this year better would be to win it. I knew he had a good chance and he went like a dream, but you can never expect something like that. It was so emotional; when I was called forward I tried to get myself together as I didn’t want to be crying in all of the professional pictures.”
A LONGSIDE her team of ponies – which are a mixture of her own finds and those owned by various clients – Hayley works full time as a social worker in fostering and is also a mother to her son Lewis, 10. The stables are her retreat after a long, often emotionally enduring day.
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