TEENAGE showjumper Leanne Riley will be taking on the best young prospects in the country next month at The Horse of the Year Show.

Leanne, aged 12, will be competing at the top show on September 23, 24 and 25 on her ponies Dancing Time and Gwaun Benjamin.

Leanne is a member of the England showjumping pony team, and qualified for the foxhunter and newcomer finals at the show for teenagers up to 16.

The youngster comes from Bank House Farm, Brownlow, and is a pupil at Heathfield High School, Congleton.

She has been riding since the age of two, and attended her first gymkhana when she was just four years old.

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