YOUNG RIDER
Phoebe with the now semi-retired Amajah (Image by Tarni Woodhead).
YO U N G R I D E R
The tough keep going
P
hoebe Roche is a Grade IV FEI Para Rider. Look her up on the FEI website and you’ll
find that since 2015, she’s been a successful competitor in CPEDI3* dressage events with her horses Amajah (now semi-retired), Power of Attorney (Will), and more recently Saddleup Romper Stomper (Smartie), in freestyle individual, and team events. Originally from Brisbane, Phoebe and her mother moved to Tooradin,
For Phoebe Roche, life has had challenges, but her tenacity and courage have earned this young rider a considerable degree of success, writes AMANDA MAC. 114 | H O R S E V I B E S N O V / D E C 2 0 2 0
Victoria, where they live in a cottage on Tooradin Estate, the property of renowned equestrian Sally Francis OAM. It was Phoebe’s late father Doug Roche who encouraged her to start riding. As a boy, an operation on his spine
