Biography

It will be a fourth consecutive visit to Badminton for British rider Kylie Roddy (43) who will be aiming for her first elusive completion with SRS Kan Do. The pair has twice completed Pau – 19^th in 2024 and in 2023 placed 5^th and in 2022 placed 6^th in Luhmuhlen 5*.

Kylie who is based in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire is a professional rider, a Fellow of the BHS and has been competing for over 20 years. She now runs a livery yard and is the proprietor of the Aqua Equestrian equine therapy centre.  In 2001 Kylie was a member of the British gold medal team at the European Young rider Championships. In 2021 with SRS Kan Do she was 11^th at Pau 5* her first event at the level.

Kylie trains with Ian Woodhead and Grant Wilson.

Outside of competing she enjoys keep fit and running and visiting the theatre to watch owner Michael Fox perform. She has now started her own breeding programme under the prefix of Kinda.

Her sister Jenna competes in dressage.

SRS Kan Do (aka George) owned by The Fox family is a 15-year-old Irish-bred (ISH) gelding. Bred by Michael Dooner of Athlone he is by the jumping sire VDL Arkansas out of La Vie En Rose by Touchdown. He was acquired by the Fox family as a four-year-old and originally started by Michael Fox. Kylie took over when his acting career took off (he was the footman Andrew Parker in Downton Abbey).