Name

Rowan Willis

Where do you currently reside?

Ocala, Florida

When are you from in Australia?

Armidale, New South Wales

When did you start riding?

I starting riding at Warialda Pony Club at 4yrs old. After my father bought my mum a horse for her birthday my sister Renee and I wanted our own horse as well.

What is one of your most memorable competition successes/career highlights to date?

Team 6th at WEG 2018 qualifying for the Olympics and in 2019 2nd in the Rolex Grand Slam Grand Prix at Spruce Medows Masters

What are you most looking forward to about competing at Deeridge?

Looking forward to representing Australia on a team, which is not something we get to do often

Have you had any influential riders/trainers or role models throughout your career?

Gail Hunter trained and found my best horses when I was a young rider in Australia. Then I was lucky enough to get a riding job for Fred and Sue Welch in the UK, where I spent 14yrs and they also bred my top horse Blue Movie aka Carrots

What is your favourite motto/saying/training philosophy?

Believe in your horse and have patience 

Which horse will you ride in the Nations Cup?

I am bringing Blue Movie, Diablo VII and Everse W to the show

What is your horse's personality like?

All three of my horses have their own quirks and and have taken longer than normal to produce as young horses and we are now reaping the rewards of patient training.