KATE WELTEN

 

 

 

Nickname:

 

Kate-O

 

Reside:

 

Waikato, New Zealand

 

Disciplin:

 

Dressage

 

Family:

 

Dad Paul, Mum Bronwyn, Younger Sister Jacki

 

Hobbies:

 

Gym, Swimming, Watching Movies, Reading, Beach

 

Favourite Food:

 

Sausages, Feijoas, Strawberries.

 

Favourite Movie:

 

Hotrod, She’s the Man

 

Favourite Books:

 

Trueblood

 

First Horse:

 

Chiggy a 14hh dun pony who I took to pony club

 

Current Horses:

 

 

Amajah a 16hh, brown, ten year old gelding, Warmblood. I have owned him for two years now and aim to compete him at Grand Prix.

 

Career Highlights:

 

 

 

New Zealand Young Rider Champion
New Zealand Young Rider Trans Tasmin Derby Team member
New Zealand Nationals Young Rider Champion

 

Aspirations:

 

To represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games.

 

Superstitions:

 

Have to wear matching socks.

 

Any major injuries:

 

None

 

Advice for aspiring riders:

 

 

Always work hard and give 100 percent, then you will never have to second guess yourself.

 

Most admired sportsperson:

 

 

Kirk- only All Black captain to win the Rugby World Cup

 

If you could invite 5 people

to dinner who would it be

& why:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sir Edmund Hilary- I always wanted to meet him and never got the chance

 

Oscar Schindler- because he was so brave saving lives in the war

 

Rove McManus- tell him he has to make another show

 

Paul Henry- funniest man in NZ

 

Barrack Obama- Only US president I have ever respected.

 

Kate uses the following feeds for her horses: