Making a Champion: Get to Know Australian Eventer Megan Jones

In the latest installment of Horseware‘s Making a Champion series, Australian Olympic silver medalist Megan Jones chronicles her first successes, explains what she looks for in a horse, and talks about what keeps her motivated.

“If anyone feels like they want to give up, they just can’t,” she says. There’s going to be so many times you want to give up, and if you’re not made of stronger stuff than that you probably should. You know, because it’s a sport that has so many highs and lows and you have to ride those waves, and you have to take those low times as a time to think of a new plan, think of the future, think of why it happened so it won’t happen again. But pretty much you just have to dig deep.”

Wise words. Go eventing.