Mary Hanna

NAME: Mary Hanna

PONY CLUB YOU STARTED AT: Glenelg Pony Club

HISTORY: Mary Hanna was born into a very horsey family, in the Western District of Victoria. Mary holds a bachelor of teaching and gives much of her time in the sport as an A level judge, NCAS Level II Dressage instructor and has also been an international Eventing judge from which she is now retried. Mary was originally an eventing rider, converting to dressage in her 20’s. She also competed at state level as a pentathlete before committing to equestrian events and enjoys snow skiing, bridge and painting.

YOUR FIRST PONY: A little wicked grey pony called Satin (he actually should have been called Satan!).

FAVORITE HORSE NAME: ld Pardon, Nimbo who took me to 2 Olympics and the list goes on. All my horses are equal favourites of mine for many different reasons..

YOUR FAVORITE FEED: HYGAIN of course! I feed Showtorque and ICE as they suit my individual horse’s needs. I also use their supplements like RBO-elite Oil, FLEXION, REGAIN and RECUPERATE.

FAVORITE EVENT: The most fun and exciting event I have been to has been the CDI in Moscow. I had such great fun because it such a great event that included the Young Horse Championships as well as the World Cup Final. It is probably very similar to Melbourne’s Dressage with the Stars.

THE ONE THING YOU REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE: Long term I am looking for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Although short term I am focussed on the World Equestrian Games in August 2006, Germany.