Paralympian seeks new horse for Tokyo 2020
Dressage rider Deborah Criddle from Taunton has had a long and medal-winning partnership with LJT Akilles but he is due to retire this year.
Deb was pony mad as a child but it wasn't until she had a terrible car crash as a teenager that her thoughts turned to the world of horses for her future.
Since then, after getting help to adapt to her disability, Deb has represented Great Britain at European, World and Paralympic Games. She is the only rider in the world to have achieved triple gold medal wins at three consecutive Championships with the same horse. But now she needs a new horse so that she can compete at the 2020 Paralympics.
Deb has set up a crowd-funding page to pay for a new horse to fulfil her Tokyo 2020 dreams. She has written this message: