Biography

It will be the fourth consecutive visit to Badminton for British-based New Zealand amateur rider Lauren (34) and Global Fision M. The pair had a successful debut here in 2022 and completed again in 2023 & ’24. The combination has also completed Burghley on two occasions placed 24^th both times.

British born Lauren, who is based near Hook in Hampshire, changed her nationality to New Zealand in 2022. One of few amateur riders at the level she is a full-time chartered accountant in transaction services with KPMG.

Lauren is from a non-horsey background and has always juggled riding with education and work. She has a degree in biological sciences from Oxford and a Masters in Investment Banking.

She previously produced Monarch’s Larko to advanced level – the pair won the Aldon CIC1* in 2015.

Lauren trains with Mark Corbett, Corinne Bracken and Lizzie Murray.

Global Fision M owned by the Innes Family Syndicate is a 15-year-old Dutch-bred (KWPN registered) gelding. He is by the successful Selle Francais jumping sire Flipper D’Elle out of a mare by the leading Holstein Cantus. He was acquired from Global Event Horses in Ireland as a five-year-old.