Alice McCullagh, a nine-year-old Yarm School pupil from Saltburn, is to make her debut at the Horse of the Year Show at Wembley next month after beating off competition from riders five years her senior to qualify.
Alice will ride both her working hunter pony, Little Storm, and her show hunter pony, Starlyte Orinocho.
She has already ridden in championship events at Hickstead and Peterborough this year
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