I got to know Chloe Phillips Harris among the weirdest of circumstances, riding alongside her for a leg of the 2017 Mongol Derby. A former competitor, she was attending that year as the videographer for a documentary about the race, capturing footage of us along the way. It was a morning so foggy you could barely see a horse length in front of you, and we got to talking — I learned that she was a four-star eventer with an affection for wild horses — which tracks, because she’s quite a wild spirit herself.
“There is nothing like sitting on a galloping horse,” she says. “The pure sense of freedom and power and partnership with animal, I just love it. It’s my happiest place on earth.”
Since then she’s been running an expedition company in Mongolia, authored a book about her life aptly titled “Fearless,” and in her home country New Zealand (though, fun fact, she was born in Texas) she’s worked with wild or unhandled Kaimanawa horses for many years and leads her own wild horses project.
Chloe is an inspiring example of a horsewoman whose commitment to equines transcends genre. You can follow her adventures on Instagram here.
And here she is, doing her eventing thing!
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