Simon Grieve: ‘We’re wearing ribbons for Izzy’

Watch our interview with Simon Grieve to find out why riders at Badminton are wearing ribbons in tribute to Izzy Squire.

Young eventer Izzy Squire’s greatest dream was to compete at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. Sadly this dream was never to become a reality as she died while backpacking in Vietnam.

In Izzy’s memory, this season riders have been asked to compete wearing a blue and white (Izzy’s own cross-country colours) heart-shaped ribbon in their jacket button hole for dressage, and a blue and white ribbon in their horse’s mane for the show jumping and cross-country phases.