Two years ago, Cameron Hanley, winner of the Masters Airbus Group competition at Jumping International de Chantilly, CSI5*, thought he would never ride again.
In 2011, the Irish show jumper’s career was really taking off with Antello Z, until he sustained a knee injury that put him out of commission. After hurting his knee, while playing with his kids, and undergoing 17 operations, Hanley said, “I was told that I could never ride again, nor probably even walk. At present I feel better on a horse than on foot. I cannot run anymore.”
Armed with formidable willpower and extensive physiotherapy, Hanley progressively started riding again, but certain that he could not jump again. What’s more, he had already sold half of Antello Z, who had been entrusted to Michael Whitaker (GBR).