ou don’t have to be in the would be to her previous riding run thing and she pipped her light. I’ll get into work at about
company of Lucy Jones for experience. nearest rivals at the post. East lunchtime and then work on lateY
long to realise that ‘but’ “In the races I was totally out of Anglian Gina Andrews had been into the evening. I don’t usually
probably isn’t a word in her my depth at first. It didn’t put me ahead for most of the season, but finish before 8pm.”
vocabulary. off though, I still wanted to do it the last race win gave Lucy the She has even ridden in the
As a child watching and get better.” points to take the crown. dark. With the short hours of
point-to-point races with her dad, Simon added: “If I’d known she The drive to succeed is borne daylight in the depths of winter,
she longed to be a jockey. She wanted to race I wouldn’t have from her love of horses and she has trained Fruitful Citizen on
was captured by the speed of the gone out and bought a novice passion to be the best she can be the gallops at dusk.
horses galloping by and the five-year-old to train, I’d have at everything she does — at work “I knew she was safe enough to
excitement of the race. bought an older schoolmaster for and pleasure. ride in the dark. I had to wash her
It was only when she met her her to learn the ropes. But that “Training isn’t a chore, it’s down in the headlights of the
husband Simon, South hasn’t stopped her being something I really enjoy. I’d be car,” she added.
Pembrokeshire huntsman, that successful.” out on the yard or on the gallops Training begins with road work,
she revealed her secret desire. The couple own and train three every day if I could,” she said. which can take up to two hours
“I didn’t tell anyone as a child horses, two mares Fruitful Citizen This level of dedication is per horse. Once they’ve built up
because I thought they’d laugh at and Dancing Credit and a needed because Lucy also runs a their fitness, there’s around 45
me and tell me I wouldn’t be any gelding, Derawar. successful accountancy business minutes of more intensive training
good,” Lucy said. It was on board Fruitful Citizen based in Pembroke Dock. At last for each horse every day and lots
“Simon told me anyone can do at the Torrington Farmers’ race year’s Pembrokeshire Business of hunting too.
it, as long as you work hard meeting in Devon that she rode to Awards she won the Start-up On top of that are all the usual
enough.” glory, becoming the National Buisness of the Year title. chores of keeping horses, such as
Most people start racing from Point-to-Point Novice Ladies Balancing her work and training mucking out, cleaning tack,
the age of 16. Lucy, now aged 28, Champion at the end of last the horses can be a challenge. feeding and so on.
started racing in 2006, and wasn’t season. “In the winter I’ll get up early Continued on page 15.
prepared for how different it The championship was a close and start riding as soon as it’s For the past 12 months Lucy
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