Full-time business development specialist Libby Seed is chasing her third consecutive Mars Badminton Horse Trials completion aboard Heartbreaker Star Quality.The former Exeter University student, 27, explained how she has been working on going faster across country in order to be more competitive this time.Fitness is a big part of it for the horse, but I watch a lot of videos. Its amazing what you can learn from watching other people, said Libby.Tonight, before I go to sleep, Ill watch the fastest riders just to make sure that [I can] channel that. Its like anything, if you want to get better, you watch someone thats better than you and work towards [doing] what theyre doing. Libby added that the late Caroline Moore was a big influence in this training, as has Ros Canter.Ros did a webinar about how she learned to go faster. She said she cant go fast unless she feels safe and she needed to have the gears, so Ive really worked on having my gears, explained Libby. Watching other really fast riders like Harry Meade one of the fastest riders in the world at the moment Ill go and watch his Kentucky rounds and how smooth he is and really think about my preparation points on the [cross-country] course and how I can keep traveling.As a working rider with a limited number of riding and competing hours, Libby explained that practising her new technique happens at the lower levels too.Im going around Moreton Morrell BE100 like, right, practice the body position, going down, going up, and my babies are like, Im just trying to stay on my feet, she said with a smile.Its a juggling actLibby works for the US company Boston Scientific selling medical devices.She has five horses at home in Chippenham, three to compete and two youngsters who are about to start their ridden careers.Its a juggling act and my mums very supportive, said Libby, who trains with Richard Waygood. Its tough trying to balance time and everything is always difficult, but if you want to do it, you do it.Heartbreaker Star Qualityis owned by Libbys parents, Lesley and Jonathan Seed.I got sent her as a six-year-old to sell and she jumped like a stag so we decided to buy her, said Libby. She was pretty feral as a young horse couldnt walk anywhere, was screaming all the time at anything and everything that looked like a horse. Shes like a pet at home and when she comes to a party and knows that shes the centre of attention, she loves it.Libby has bred from the mare and has a six-year-old who was born by embryo transfer at home. She also has two other young homebreds in the pipeline.Related contentAll the latest news from BadmintonHow to watch Mars Badminton Horse Trials 2025Five gears a good cross-country horse needs to haveRichard Waygoods cavaletti exercisesThe post How working rider is learning to be quicker cross-country for a more competitive run at Badminton appeared first on Your Horse.