About Me

Dannie Morgan

I am a professional Grand Prix Rider/Advanced Event rider and trainer based at Bow Lake Equestrian near Eastleigh, Hampshire with my infamous whippet/Italian greyhound Tucker.

I don’t have an equestrian background. I started riding at a local riding school when I was 10 where I subsequently spent every hour possible. I knew quite clearly very early on that I wanted a career with horses and I helped at Bowlake for free rides whenever possible.

At eighteen, I moved to Ringwood to work for the late Adele Schardt who ran Somerley Park Horse Trials. It was here that I was given the opportunity to produce various horses through the grades over the five years I was there. I remain eternally thankful for this fantastic start.

In 2014, I moved back to Hampshire where it all began at Bowlake Equestrian. It was here that I set up on my own. I leased a number of boxes and began producing and competing event horses for clients up to Advanced level where we achieved multiple wins and placings up to CCI 2 star. Over time, I built up a trusted reputation for successfully training and producing young event horses. In 2016 I was approached by the Oppenheimer family at Headmore Stud who asked me to ride some of their young dressage horses. The timings of this coincided with my ownership of a young dressage horse, Southern Cross Braemar ‘Barry’. It was from this point on that my love for Dressage really took hold.

As a relatively unknown in the world of dressage I was lucky enough to develop my client base and my reputation for achieving results with the dressage horses I worked with and as a result over the years that followed I focused more and more on competing as a professional Dressage rider. I consider myself very fortunate and proud that over the past few years, with some lovely horses, I have achieved 19 Regional Championship titles, 9 National Championship wins, been Reserve Champion 5 times and have been placed, within the Top 5, 23 times at National level and in Sept 19 I completed my first grand Prix on my horse that I have produced from a five year old.

During 2019 I started competing at Premier Leagues with Knoxx’s Figaro and my own horse Barry. I have had a wonderful time with these two special horses having been placed in the top 5 at Small Tour on seven occasions and competed in my first International Competition representing GB at Small Tour.

2020 got off to a terrific start at Addington High Profile show in January. Here Dannie and Knoxx’s Figaro achieved a first and second placing at PSG and Inter 1 and then 5 qualifications for the Winter Championships where together they became the Inter1 National Champions.

My ambition is to continue doing what I love -

Training and coaching through one-to-ones and clinics to help my dressage and eventing clients improve their performance and achieve their personal goals.
To continue to work closely with my owners to set objectives and work towards them through exceptional care, training and competition.
To build on my results so far at Small Tour and compete internationally at the higher levels.

I would not be able to do this without the support of my fantastic owners and trainer Nicky Barrett.