Amy was born into an Equestrian family, her mother was an instructress who competed in showjumping and her father evented and team chased. Her younger brother, Daniel, now team farrier, represented his Pony Club at Mounted Games nationally before he joined The Mounted Games Association of Great Britain and went on to represent the South of England nationally for nine consecutive years and England internationally in Canada and Sweden

 

Amy started riding at two, taking over her mother's first pony who had remained with the family. In the early years she succesfully competed in showing, quickly moving on to show jumping on her prolific little chestnut pony, Bucks Fizz, who took her through to senior BSJA classes. During her teens, as an active member of Pony Club, she trained in dressage, show jumping, polo, horseball and side saddle competing on Regional and National teams. She later became a senior instructress with Pony Club, an organisation she supports and of which her daughter, Skye, is now a member

 

In 2006 Amy went to work for The Devils Horsemen, discovering a whole new style and technique of Horsemanship. Working mainly with Spanish horses, learning High School Dressage, Voltige and Cossack Trick riding. Using all these skills Amy has performed throughout Europe doing live shows in venues such as the NEC Birmingham, the Odyssey Arena in Belfast and equivalent venues in Europe such as Denmark and Vienna. One of her most memorable experiences being performing for Madonna at her birthday. Amy has also worked on many films including The Other Boleyn Girl, Easy Virtue, The Duchess, The Nativity, Made of Honour, Lady Godiva and Season of the Witch. She also appeared on the 02 commercial and worked on TV productions such as Oliver Twist and Lark Rise to Candleford. Last winter Amy and her horses worked on Andrea Arnolds adaptation of Wuthering Heights filmed in the Yorkshire Dales.

Amy is also a Full member of Equity

 

Combining her talent and the experience she has gained over the years Amy has now set up and will perform with BLAZING SADDLES STUNT TEAM