A 25-YEAR-OLD rider from Salisbury has scooped a prestigious award.

Chloe Hiscock won SEIB Search for a Star competition at the Horse of the Year Show while riding Aramis this month.

The competition offers an opportunity for amateur horses and riders to learn and improve from showing’s best.

Hiscock, a former pupil at St Edmund’s Girls’ School, completed a BSC honours degree in equine and business studies.

She now lives the dream in Bath, working in the equestrian world, liaising with childhood heroines such as Mary King.

Hiscock has mainly show jumped Aramis but has exposed him to all equine activities, and decided to concentrate on jumping and showing, with future events lined up.