The Kiwi eventer talks to Lucy Higginson about juggling first-time motherhood with horses — and her secret to keeping the show on the road
“This is certainly a big year,” agrees Jonelle, a team bronze medallist at London 2012. “The past six years have been pretty disappointing as a team. Individually we’ve had fantastic results, yet we’ve failed when it matters at championships. It’s haunting us a bit, and we’re under pressure to deliver.
“My ultimate dream is a team gold medal. Plus, I’m desperate for Toddy [Mark Todd] to win a team gold before he retires, and we’re running out of chances. We’re a small but mighty group from New Zealand and we genuinely are great mates. To do that with your friends and your husband would be the ultimate [dream].”
THAT Jonelle has this goal and the resolve to meet it will surprise no one who has watched her across country. She never gives less than 100%, and rarely puts a foot wrong while nailing brilliant times. It’s this flair and feel that have taken her from a non-horsey background all the way to the Olympic podium.
Pregnancy and birth hardly broke her stride — “I rode two to three horses a day right up to Otis being born” — and she was back competing in a month. Yet the Prices have been upfront about the fact that Otis’ arrival was a welcome surprise.
This story is from the February 08, 2018 edition of Horse & Hound.
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