| Most influential person in career |
Coach Michael Eilberg. (espayoequestrian.com, 2017) |
| Hero / Idol |
German dressage rider Dorothee Schneider. (horseandhound.co.uk, 24 Jan 2019) |
| Injuries |
She injured her knee in late 2018. (saracenhorsefeeds.com, 01 Dec 2018)
In 2002 she was involved in a road traffic accident and broke her leg in multiple places. (louisebell.co.uk, 2012) |
| Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs |
She names many of her horses after films. (louisebelldressage.co.uk, 01 Jan 2019) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well." (Facebook profile, 03 Jul 2019) |
| Other sports |
She is a multiple winner of the Supreme Working Hunter title at the Royal International Horse Show. (horsescout.com, 13 Sep 2016) |
| Famous relatives |
Her husband Robert Bell is a former elite jumping athlete. (louisebell.co.uk, 2012) |
| Other information |
DRESSAGE LOVE
A former hunter champion, she now focuses most of her attention on dressage after she was challenged to switch disciplines in 2011 by Horse & Hound magazine. She was given three lesson by British dressage rider Michael Eilberg as part of the feature, and then had to take an elementary test. "I get as much buzz out of dressage as jumping, if not more, and love doing things such as one-time changes. I guess I'm addicted to the training and the special bond it creates, probably because of the hours you have to put in. There's so much attention to detail in everything that you do with dressage, the horse has to understand you in every way. It's so intense." (horseandhound.co.uk, 24 Jan 2019; horsescout.com, 13 Sep 2016)
BEGINNING
She was asked by UK magazine Horse & Hound in 2012 to be part of a feature that swapped 2 riders from different disciplines. She rode a dressage horse belonging to Michael Eilberg, while he rode one of her working Hunters. She was hooked on the sport and began training with Michael on her successful working hunter horses and quickly qualified through the novice ranks that year. (Athlete, 2018)
INJURIES
Together with her hustband, she survived a very serious lorry crash. The lorry brakes failed and they crashed into a tree and was airlifted to hospital.The specialists thought she would never walk again and certainly never ride. Within a year she was not only riding again - but went on to win the prestigious Horse of the Year Show Working Hunter Champion 2004 with Out of Sight. (Athlete, 2018) |
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