About us

A little about me 

My name is Victoria Brant and I am a self-published author, blogger and dedicated equestrian living in rural Lincolnshire, UK. Since 2017, I have released three published titles of confidence giving memoirs documenting a journey back from limited confidence to getting out competing with my wonderful horse Patrick – under the name WIMPY EVENTER.

Born Victoria Ingamells on 5th April 1986 in Boston, Lincolnshire. I grew up in a small cottage on a farming estate in Blankney, with my Mum, my Dad, 2 older brothers and older sister.

I first sat on a pony at the age of 7, rode at a riding school on a Saturday for 3 years. After the addiction hit, I began helping with the hunt horses at a local hunt yard. At 12, I started working as a cover groom for that private hunt yard, 1.5 days a week and cubbing/hunting as often as a school sick note allowed.

I learnt from some of the most knowledgeably old fashioned horse people in the industry of how to foal, feed, train and run (like clockwork) a busy yard filled with big athletes. For that opportunity, I will remain eternally grateful.

I trained and received the Pony Club tests and taught for a few years (signed off my BHSAI hours), ran various yards from Polo to Dressage and everything in between. I competed for a local family, a handful of event horses – Most of them are my dear shining stars in the sky now.

 

Easy Peasy

Sire – Smilingatstrangers (GB)
Stable Name – Pea
Colour – Dark Brown, black in summer!
Age – 20

Favourite Activities – Jumping, galloping, scoffing food.

Pea’s Story – This little mare was one I had in to school and sell back in 2013. But I fell in love and she out stayed her welcome by over a year! Hasten to say, Pea knows what she likes and although we finally parted ways, she didn’t really do the job for her next person and looked as though she would take an early retirement as a field ornament. 

5 years on, I picked her up to come and live with us in Lincolnshire, rideable or as a companion, I didn’t care. Turns out she was raring to go and in the last 4 years we have been out eventing, won rosettes for dressage and show jumping, been out hunting and rekindled a whole new love and respect for each other that I treasure so very much. 

 

Rest easy sweet boy… 

Pauldarys Master Patrick 

Sire – Master Imp
Stable Name – Pat
Colour – Bay (Orange with black long bits – mane, tail, legs, ears!)
Favourite Activities – Spooking at birds, spooking at bags, spooking at leaves, stealing food.

Pats Story – Born and broken in Ireland, brought to Hampshire by the lovely people at Pauldarys stud. Bought by myself in June 2012 for a mere pittance!
His for sale video – HERE

Since then we have competed for riding club teams, been to the BRC Nationals, been hunting, XC Schooling, hacked to the pub, reached Elementary Dressage wins, British Novice jumping and now we are taking the Eventing world by storm – HA!

He is my best friend in the whole wide world.

In February 2024, I had to say the saddest goodbye of my life when (after almost 13 amazing years together) Patrick galloped over rainbow bridge pain-free and in search of the greenest grass he’s ever eaten.