Fancy receiving birthday greetings, good luck wishes or simply a confidence boost from a top rider? Well now you can thanks to an initiative from Stride Media which provides supporters with personalised voice notes and video messages from riders they admire.The Start Box, which launched this month, is the first platform fully dedicated to personalised voice notes and video messages from professional equestrian riders.Event riders Mary King, Tom McEwen, Kitty King, Jesse Campbell, Gaspard Maksud, Will Rawlin and Mark Corbett are the initial group of riders who are on the platform.Six-time Olympian Mary King, one of eventings most recognised names, was the first rider to join the platform.Expansion plannedAdditional event riders are being announced in the coming days and weeks and the aim is for the platform to one day include riders from dressage, showjumping and racing. A personalised message from a rider someone admires can become part of a birthday, a good luck wish, a congratulations message or a confidence boost, and is also a memory kept forever, said Bryony Crowther, founder of The Start Box.How it worksTo receive a personalised voice note or video message, supporters need to complete the form on the website with details of the recipient, the occasion, the occasion date and a brief. You can select whether you want to receive the message directly or whether you want it to be sent to someone else.Voice notes cost 75 while video messages are 150. Standard delivery is typically within seven days but there is a priority delivery option of 20 for time-sensitive occasions.For more information and to visit the website, click here. Main image of Mary King by Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesRelated contentPole exercises that make clever, confident horsesTina Cooks top tips for jumping on grassRichard Waygoods cavaletti exercisesFive common problems with a riders jumping position solvedThe post New platform enables fans to receive personalised messages from top riders appeared first on Your Horse.