BELLA PLUMRIDGE - SPONSORED RIDER

Name: Bella Plumridge

DOB: 28/10/2005

Disciplines: Dressage & Showjumping

Coach (Dressage): Charlotte Pedersen & David McKinnon

Inspired by: Charlotte Dujardin, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Catherine Dufour, Lyndal Oatley, Patrik Kittel are some of my OS favourites and in Aus David Mckinnon and my coach Charlotte Pedersen

Horses

Dressage:

Illawong Harvest Moon (piglet) 135cm Arabian Riding Dressage Pony Competing FEI Small/medium Tour & previously CDI-P (Many championships), FEI Small Tour (2023 State Champion, 2021 Inter 1 Champion & Small Tour Res Champ at Victorian Dressage Festival)
Longvue Florencio (imp) 17.1hh Warmblood Competed to Grand Prix, now doing FEI-J & FEI-YR

Showjumping:

Tres Bonne NZ (Bonnie) 16hh TB x Clydie x WB competing juniors 1.15

Memorable Moments

2023

* State Dressage Festival Small Tour P Champions

* Australian Interschool Nationals Small Tour 4th

* Youth Champs CDN YR 4th

2022

Equitana YR Quadrille
Equitana YR 4th
Australian Dressage Champs 3rd
Australian Interschool Nationals
Top 10 EV Y Ambassador
Team Dressage Captain for Victoria for IS Nationals
Winner of VEIS Grand Final Small Tour
5 FEI-YR Boneo Youth Champs

2021

Victorian State Pony Inter 1 Champions, Res Champions Small Tour
Sydney CD-Lite P Championship & breaking the Australian P Freestyle record for a 2nd time in 4mths 74.125%
Boneo Classic FEI Pony Champion breaking the Aus P Freestyle record,
Vic Youth Champs FEI Pony Champions
Winner of Victorian Interschools Series in Small Tour
Qualifying Nationals Interschool team Small Tour
Equestrian Victoria Top 10 Victorian Young Dressage Ambassador
State Champion Reserve FEI SMALL TOUR PONY & RES YR
Inter 1 PB Score 66%

2019-20

Winning the overall Champion for the 2019 FEI Youth World Dressage Challenge from 140 riders & 31 countries & Winning the 2019 FEI Youth Dressage World Challenge Aus leg in Sydney.
Winning overall Champion and all 3 classes in the CDI-P at the Sydney CDI 2019.
Reserve Champs at the Boneo CDI in the CDI-P 2019,
Competing in my first Advanced at Nationals in Sydney.
2018 FEI World Youth Dressage Challenge placing 3^rd in Aus, 5^th SE Asia and 21^st in the world.
3rd in the Opal Series at Australian Showjumping Championships.
Interschool National Team x 3 time

Favourite Quotes: “Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect” and “If it was easy everyone would be able to do it"

Advice: The best advice I have been told are

1. Focus on your own plan, don’t worry about people who watch and compete with you and your plan, as they are not following their own.

2. Take time to learn properly, listen and accept good advice, and say thank-you. 3. Cheer for others as you would like them to cheer for you.

When not riding: I like going to my brothers wakeboarding, being with friends & family, EATING, hanging out with all my pets.

Most known for: Being clumsy, never staying clean, wearing odd socks.

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