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Boby Hayler and Gaby
Lucas set for a Jungle
adventure after raising
£7000 for charity
‘Against Breast Cancer’
International dressage riders Bobby
Hayler and Gaby Lucas have achieved
their goal of raising a fantastic £7000
in aid of Against Breast Cancer.
The final push for fundraising
took place with a charity barn
dance held at Team Hayler’s Essex
base, Jubilee Farm on Saturday 29th
August. A fun filled evening was
had by all with traditional barn
dancing, a hog roast and a bucking
bronco; the latter attracting many
dressage riders to test their skills in
‘stickability’!
Gaby was the first to announce
the staggering total on Facebook
“We have done it!!! We have
raised over £7,000.00 for Against
Breast cancer and we couldn’t have
done it without everyone’s support.
We would like to thank everyone
who has generously donated,
including sponsors and supporters
for not only donating cash to the
charity but also for supplying some
amazing raffle prizes.”
The pair, who are both members
of the Team GB World Class
Dressage Development programme,
are now set to take part in a once in
a lifetime trek across the Kalimantan
Jungle in Borneo starting on the 7th
November. The trip will comprise
10 days trekking through dense
jungle for 8 hours a day carrying
kit and staying in very basic
accommodation. As well as the tough
physical challenges that lie ahead,
Gaby and Bobby will also experience
a very different way of life living with
families from the local Dayak tribe.
Following the trek, they will spend
4 days in Borneo at an Orang-Utan
sanctuary for some well earned rest
Ben Hobday
Announces He’s
‘In Remission’
and relaxation.
Donations for Against Breast
Cancer can still be made at the
following link https://www.
justgiving.com/bobby-gaby
For more information on Team
Hayler please visit the website; www.
teamhaylerdressage.co.uk
Equestrian enthusiasts were ‘shellshocked’
earlier this year (2015) when the rider
announced the reason why he had been
unusually quiet was because he had been
diagnosed with cancer.
During what must have been a difficult
year for Ben Hobday, his family and
close friends, he continued to keep all
of his fans as ‘up to date with progress’
as possible through Twitter, Facebook,
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Instagram and other social media
sites. Gifts, well-wishes and messages
poured in over the months following the
announcement.
The news of Ben’s remission follows a
successful outing at Your Horse Live in
November where he joined Paul Tapner
to give an insight into their training
methods of the flat and over fences.
Please join us in congratulating the
rider for his strength, determination and
now finally, his remission from a disease
he refused to let beat him! #YeBoi, you
did it!
Everything Horse UK • Issue 27• December 2015
Record
Attendance at
Your Horse
Live - The UK’s
Largest Equine
Shopping Event
partner, 2010
Badminton
winner Paul
Tapner - he
consistently
wowed the
crowds.
Visitors were
able to meet
their idols postperformance on
the popular Your
This year Your Horse Live saw more
than 22,000 visitors flock to Stoneleigh Horse Celebrity
Signings Stand.
Park in Warw