YOUNG RIDER
From strength to strength Our December Young Rider is 18-year-old Madeline Sinderberry, better known as Madi, whose jumping career is most definitely on the rise, writes AMANDA MAC.
M
adi Sinderberry, from Condobolin NSW, can’t remember when she first started riding, but knows she
was riding by herself by the time she was four years old.
“I rode on the family farm, and later went to Pony Club and competed at the Interschools. I tried out eventing and campdrafting, but by the time I was about 10, I realised that I really liked show jumping. At that time I had a palomino Quarter Horse who also loved jumping and was very fast.” After her Quarter Horse, Madi got an OTT Thoroughbred. “He was a great jumper,” she says. “When I was 12 I went to my first jumping show and did well in the Juniors, so I just went on from there.”
So does the love of riding run in the family? It does: “My older sister used to ride at Pony Club and Interschools, but eventually she gave it up because of her studies. When she was young, Mum rode up until she went to boarding school, and more recently she’s competed in campdrafting events.” After completing Year 12 last year, Madi began working at Yandoo Equestrian, located on the outskirts of Sydney. “I do everything from feeding and mucking out to riding their horses. I love it! It’s really good and there’s always plenty to learn,” she says. And when Madi’s not working, she’s competing – either on Bamboo, her own six-year-old warmblood who has been with her since he was a weanling, or on Ciel, the seven-year-old warmblood mare owned
I knew she (Ciel) had the talent but I thought she might be too inexperienced... 58
HORSEVIBES MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 2019
