Show Notes
This Week on In Stride Sinead Halpin-Maynard sits down with Olivia Dutton to talk about her whirlwind summer overseas, building her own career inside one of eventing’s best-known families, and what it takes to rebuild confidence and keep showing up.
Meet the Guest: Olivia Dutton Olivia Dutton is an upper-level event rider who recently earned individual bronze at the inaugural FEI Eventing World Championship for Under 25s at Millstreet International in Ireland. She finished as the highest-placed U.S. combination, riding Jewelent. In 2025 she also won the CCI4*-S at the Morven Park Fall International and Horse Trials aboard Sea of Clouds. Olivia is the daughter of Phillip Dutton, a seven-time Olympian in eventing.
In This Episode, Sinead and Olivia Discuss: What it was like to compete at the first-ever Under 25 World Championships and why she wasn’t expecting to finish on the podium Having your dad as your coach, and how she carves out her own business and identity as part of one of eventing’s best-known families Losing her confidence after a fall on her first trip overseas with Sea of Clouds, and how her family and friends helped her trust herself again Her concerns about eventing’s Olympic future and why she wants to explain the sport better to people outside the horse world
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