Paul Tapner, also known as ‘Taperz’, is a professional eventing rider
who is an Australian eventing team member and previous winner of
Badminton Horse Trials. Paul is renowned as one of the very best
cross country riders in the world. An extremely driven, hard working
and likeable event rider, Paul is a regular face and consistent performer
on both the UK and international eventing circuits.
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Rider Info:
Paul Tapner
Australian Eventing Rider
Experience:
Winner of the 2010 Badminton Horse Trials
Awarded an Australian sports medal for exceptional services towards the Pony Club movement
Highly sought after coach and trainer
Bio:
Paul moved from Australia to the UK in 1999. He is well-known in the equestrian community for being hard-working and totally dedicated to his goals. Notwithstanding his competitive achievements, Paul is also a highly sought-after teacher and trainer to riders of all levels throughout the world. He runs the Tapner Eventing Team with his wife Georgina from their base at
Wickstead Farm Equestrian Centre in Highworth, Wiltshire. Paul and Georgina have two children – a son Joshua and daughter Madison. Paul uses Activo-Med as part of his warm up and competition routine, and has found it to assist in relaxing his horses:
“Kilronan is a very highly strung, sensitive horse and I certainly find that the Activo-Med massage therapy rug we have on him helps him to relax. It’s really important that he’s relaxed, ready for each phase. If he gets a little too highly strung it makes him very difficult to ride and certainly affects our performance. Using the rug is certainly a big part of our warm up routine for this horse, at every competition.”