Blind Dressage Rider Verity Smith Joins Team Equisafety
Blind international dressage rider Verity Smith has joined Team Equisafety as the latest brand ambassador.
About Verity
Verity is well known in the sport of para-dressage and over the years has been selected to compete internationally as part of the French Para Dressage Squad, alongside representing Great Britain as part of Para Team GB.
Verity is competing and winning at the highest level ever achieved by any blind rider in the World at Elite Able-Bodied competitions and attributes much of her successes to her amazing trainers Sandy Phillips, Laura Tomlinson and in France, Alain Franqueville.
The Equisafety offering
As part of the new partnership, Equisafety has provided a host of high-visibility clothing for not only Verity to wear but also her labradoodle Guide Dog ‘ITV This Morning’ star Luna.
Said Verity:
I am delighted to have gained support from Equisafety and love their high visibility clothing for horse and rider that is also super stylish.
Luna looks fantastic in the dog coats and it is so important that as a visually impaired rider both Luna and I am seen from a distance.
In the warmer months I wear the multi-coloured waistcoat and in the colder weather my choice is the Inverno Jacket which keeps me warm and dry.”
Added Nicky Fletcher of Equisafety:
We are delighted to be providing Verity, Luna and her top ride Daisy de Nimes with clothing from the Equisafety collection and are looking forward to following their success throughout the year.”
Campaigning for ability in disability
Verity believes in advocating the ability in disability and relishes the challenge of defying convention and breaking down boundaries.
As someone who is passionate about raising awareness, Verity has campaigned for guide dogs to have the right to travel on commercial flights, Eurostar, and SNCF – the French national railway, while also representing Guide Dogs in the House of Lords for the signing of the High Street Charter – regarding accessibility for disabled shoppers.
With the talented black Hanoverian mare Daisy, Verity’s goal is to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics representing France.
Although Verity counts her horse’s strides her competition success is also helped by her amazing team of Scoobies, a group of nine callers positioned at each letter around the dressage arena during her dressage performance.
For further information visit www.equisafety.com
Suzanne Ashton, Founder of Everything Horse (Est, 2012), has a BA Hons in Marketing Management and a Diploma in Equine Science. Suzanne has ridden and owned horses all her life and has twelve years of experience in marketing, writing, design, SEO, and website creation.