The Rider
Rebecca.
A founder, a beginner, a competitor — in that order. This is the real journey, with the grit kept in.
The arc.
Three years ago, Rebecca had never sat on a horse. Today she trains six days a week and is entering her first European show-jumping season.
She is the founder of Hollybank Estate, and she is its first apprentice. Both at once. There is no inherited yard, no childhood pony, no lineage in the sport — only the decision to begin, and the discipline to keep beginning.
The first lesson.
A 45-minute hack on a school horse called Marlow. She came home with a sore back, a dirty jacket, and a clear answer: this, or nothing.
Learning to fall.
Eighteen months of small humiliations — a refused fence, a crooked seat, a bruised hip. The wins came later. The failures came first, and they came on camera.
The first clear round.
A 90cm class on a Sunday in St Helier. It looked like nothing on the entry sheet. It did not feel like nothing.
Europe.
From December, Rebecca rides out: Paris, Oliva Nova in Spain, and the winter circuit in southern Portugal. The plan is simple. Compete. Learn. Come home. Repeat.
The 2026 circuit
Where she'll be riding.
A first proper season abroad. Smaller classes early, building to 1.20m by spring.
What we believe
Three things, kept simple.
Authentic.
No filter on the fail clips. The bad rounds go up next to the good ones.
Humble, aspirational.
Admirable, never resentful. We share the work, not the trophy cabinet.
Beauty in the imperfections.
A chipped stable door, a green horse, a rider still learning her seat. That's the photograph.
"I started this with no boots. I keep going because the only way out of being a beginner is through it."
— Rebecca