Jeff Rundle, the London, Ontario-born rider and trainer, admits it wasn’t love at first ride, however. “The first few days at camp, I hated it because I was terrible,” he recalls. But he developed a fondness for a medium pony named Guy, even though he never got to ride him at camp. His affection for Guy motivated him to keep taking lessons so he could become good enough to ride the little grey. Eventually, he became the pony’s owner.
Since then, Jeff, 32, has built an excellent reputation in the hunter world. For more than a dozen years he worked for Wayne McLellan, one of Canada’s most successful hunter trainers.
Now he works for Eastwood Equine Inc. at Pépinière Stables in St. Lazare, QC, owned by grand prix show jumper Angela Covert-Lawrence and her husband Mike Lawrence.