Sam Griffiths Profile

 Here’s a little introduction to HorseQuest’s favourite event rider!

In 1995, Sam made the decision to leave his home in Australia and make a career for himself in the UK as an International Event Rider. He trained and worked as a backup rider for double Olympic gold medallist, Matt Ryan, for three years where he had the opportunity to train and compete all levels of event horses.

After leaving Matt Ryan’s base, Sam established his own team of horses and has since been short listed for the Athens and Beijing Olympics, finished 5th in the HSBC Classics for 2009 (a World ranking system for which points can be accumulated at the world’s four biggest three day events) and was a member of the Australian Team for both the 2010 World Championships in the USA and the London 2012 Olympics, with his top horse, Happy Times.

Sam is currently ranked in the top 15 in the World Rider Rankings and is on the Australian Elite Squad and was part of the Australian Team for the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France with his Badminton 2014 winner Paulank Brockagh. Sam and his wife, Lucy, who also competes at top level eventing, run the team together from their yard on the Dorset/Somerset border along with their two children Oliver and Eliza.

To keep up to date with all the news and results from the Griffiths Eventing Team you follow them on their various social media pages or visit Sam’s website

 “If I am looking to buy or sell a horse, HorseQuest is the first website I go to and I have always been delighted with the results” 

www.samgriffithseventing.co.uk