Ellen Whitaker

Ellen Whitaker (born 5 March, 1986) is a British female show jumping rider, ranked 7th by the British Show Jumping Association for May 2005 to April 2006. She is the daughter of rider Stephen Whitaker and niece of riders John Whitaker and Michael Whitaker. She lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. cite web
url=http://www.bsja.co.uk/_pdfs/whitakerEll.pdf
title=Ellen Whitaker
publisher=British Show Jumping Association]

Ellen's achievements include:
* BSJA Leading Under-21 Rider and Members Personality of the Year 2005
* Winner of the Longines Ladies Award for Elegance in Barcelona
* Winner of the 2007 Hickstead Speed Derby [cite web
title=Hickstead Derby: Ellen Whitaker wins Speed Derby
url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/article.php?aid=126918&aff=rss
publisher=Horse and Hound]
* Winner of the Young Riders Championship at the Horse of the Year Show 2005Silver Medal 2003
* and a variety of other prizes and awards [cite web
url=http://www.equine-world.co.uk/news_read.asp?id=623&title=Ellen%20Whitaker%20Third%20In%20%20Rome%20Grand%20Prix
title=Ellen Whitaker Third in Rome Grand Prix
publisher=Equine World UK]

She is known for riding the horses AK Locarno (whose purchase price of EUR 1,000,000 in 2005 made him the most expensive horse ever imported to the UK) [cite web
url=http://www.englandsequestrian.co.uk/index.pl?cat_id=25&issue_id=4&art_id=1063
title=Million Euro Baby! - Ellen Whitaker
publisher=England's Equestrian] and Magic Max (who was reputedly sold for £1,000,000 in 2003). [cite web
url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/competitionnews/390/73526.html
title=New top ride for Ellen Whitaker
publisher=Horse and Hound] Came 3rd nationally at Southview jumping 1.40m on Naff Naff II in 2006 She went to Penistone Grammar School, twinned with Amstetten Kindergarten.

References

External links

* [http://www.hoys.co.uk/Pagebuilder.aspx?pagename=AUDIO%20INTERVIEW%20Ellen%20Whitaker Audio interview with Ellen Whitaker - Horse of the Year Show]