KELLY GABBOTT
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Nickname:
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Kel
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Reside:
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Palmerston North, Manawatu, NZ
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Website:
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in progress
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Disciplin:
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Para Dressage & Able Bodied Dressage
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Family:
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2 Horses
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Hobbies:
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Horses, Gardening, Sewing/Quilting – not that I have a lot of time
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Favourite Food:
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Chocolate
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Favourite Movie:
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Lots of them – some are Top Gun, Dirty Dancing, The Bourne Series, Fast & Furious Series (I like the cars …)
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Favourite Books:
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My Sergi, A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Red Dwarf (The book was the start, then came the TV series, I’m told I have an unusual sense of humour ?)
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First Horse:
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Delta
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Current Horses:
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Double Espresso (Witchy)
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Career Highlights:
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Hartpury this year – will be one for sure. 2010 NZ Para Equestrian Champion, only had Witchy for 9 weeks. Qualified and competed at Horse of the Year 2011 for the 1st time in both Para & Able Bodied Dressage, wining Reserve Para Champ HOY 2011
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Aspirations:
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Qualify and be selected to compete for NZ at London 2012 Paralympics and 2014 WEG. I have MS, so I want to ride and compete for as long as I can.
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Superstitions:
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I didn’t realise but I have a few – Always wear my rose quartz necklace when I compete, must wear one of my many pairs of lucky long socks, must put new rubber bands on feet/stirrups for every test even though I know they are ok, wear same stock & pin.
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Any major injuries:
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Just the usual breaks, tears, crushes – broke elbow & foot, crushed tailbone (couple of times), tore rotator cuff in shoulder – probably the worst as can’t be fixed and still gives me problems.
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Advice for aspiring riders:
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Be positive, train hard but most of all enjoy riding, have fun and take every opportunity you can.
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Most admired sportsperson:
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Anky van Grunsven
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If you could invite 5 people to dinner who would it be & why:
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Anky van Grunsven – what can I say, pick her brains, shes a legend
Paul Walker – rather good to look at
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Kelly uses the following feeds for her horses:
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