Becky Moody

Becky Moody, born in 1980, was the shooting star of the dressage scene when she came third at the World Cup tournament in London 2023 behind the championship-winning pairs Charlotte Dujardin/Imhotep and Charlotte Fry/Evedale. At first glance, her Dante Weltino son Jagerbomb is not necessarily an eye-catcher – a bay gelding with little white, strong, point. At least that’s what you think when you meet him in the stables. And that’s also what Becky Moody thought when she saw her breeding product growing up. He was so normal that she even considered selling him. Her sister then persuaded her to keep “Bomb”. What foresight!

Because today you have to say: when Moody sits in the saddle and Bomb starts to dance, the picture changes. At first glance, the somewhat clumsy gelding is a prime example of what classically good dressage work can turn a horse into – a light-footed, athletic dancer that can be ridden by the thread. This is largely thanks to Becky Moody, Bombs’ breeder, owner, trainer and rider all in one.

Horse as a family matter

Becky Moody grew up as the youngest of three sisters, and firmly believes that this has led to her being an extremely ambitious person. Together with her sister Hannah, she has now made riding her profession and runs a training stable in Sheffield.

Even as children, the Moody sisters preferred being in the stables to being at school. Becky was nine years young when she first qualified for the National Pony Club Championships and competed here for ten consecutive years with five different ponies. At 14 she was a reserve for the European Pony Championships and as her website states:

“This all meant that she skipped school and wrote wonderful letters of apology – all to no avail – the teachers were fully aware of the situation and either condoned it or felt that she was wasting her academic skills ‘on horses’.”

What she failed to achieve at 14, she did at 15: qualifying for the Euros, now already in the juniors with her sister’s horse, Sir Fred. She later also took part in the U21 European Championships. In her junior years, she won bronze twice with the team.

Since 2002, Moody has trained with David Hunt, former President of the International Trainers Foundation and part of the Judging Supervisory Panel at two Olympic Games. Carl Hester has also supported Moody in his work with Jagerbomb.

The gelding was the horse that gave Moody her international breakthrough in 2023. In the same year, she was a reserve for the European Championships in Riesenbeck. However, she was not really known on the continent until then, as she had ridden all of her CDI results in England. That changed in the following months. And by the time they contributed to the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, they had hearts on their side.

In 2025, it was team silver at the European Championships in Crozet – and a close fourth place in the freestyle. So: there’s still room for improvement!