I started stewarding at Royal Windsor in the early 1970s and at Horse of the Year Show at Wembley under Raymond Brooks-Ward. I was first involved in Olympia in 1988, when I stood in as presentation steward for Mike Bullen, who was busy with the Seoul Olympics. I carried on stewarding and later became chief steward and chairman when Mike Tucker sadly died.
I even spent my honeymoon eventing - I rode