Olympian back in the saddle after cancer ordeal

After a year of chemotherapy and surgery to combat cancer, Olympic dressage rider Julie Brougham is back in the saddle – and winning.

When Julie Brougham and Vom Feinsten rode into the dressage arena at Manfeild Park last weekend, a hush fell over the crowd.

“It had been pretty noisy in there, but you could have heard a pin drop,” Brougham says. “He’s a bit of a local hero.”

Yes, they’d come to see her champion horse, nicknamed ‘Steiny’, who'd competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics with Brougham on board. They were only the third New Zealand pair to ride dressage at an Olympic Games.

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Article written by: SUZANNE MCFADDEN