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Lucy McCarthy Went From Top Rider To Supportive Wife And Mum — And Why That's Totally Okay

If you didn’t know much about Irish eventer Padraig McCarthy before he won both team and individual silver medals at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) in Tryon, North Carolina last year, that’s probably because he had only completed one five-star beforehand. But with former top British rider Lucy McCarthy (née Wiegersma) as his wife and right-hand woman, success was always in the cards, as Lucy soon discovered.

While plenty of top riders are fortunate to have a spouse or partner whose own equestrian talents contribute hugely to their success, by the time they’ve got 60 horses at home, the administrative team has usually grown, too. Jobs such as social media coordinator, payroll, and sponsor liaison are often outsourced to allow the team at home to focus on the horses. But this isn’t the case at the McCarthys’ Irish-based yard — where the focus is on dealing and breeding horses as much as competing them — at least, not yet.

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Article written by: Lucy Higginson

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