After winning two Mars Badminton and one Defender Burghley CCI5* titles, a team gold medal at the Paris Olympics and an individual world championships title, Ros Canter is one of the hottest names in the equestrian industry right now.But there is a lot more to the 39-year-old British event rider than her eventing medals, including other sporting prowess, motherhood and making history.So whether youre a super fan or youve heard the name and what to know who she is, here are a few fast facts about Ros Canter:She runs well tooRos completed the London marathon this year, just 12 days before winning Badminton.She laced up her trainers to raise money for Spinal Research and the rider proved that shes not just quick on a horse, but on her own two foot as well. She finished the 26.2 miles in 4 hours and 15 minutes.Shes a mumRos and her partner Christopher have a five-year old daughter, Ziggy, and Ros says she cherishes family time together.Shes got a degreeRos has a degree in sport sciencefrom Sheffield Hallam University. While studying there, Ros represented Great Britain in the World University Equestrian Championships in Algeria and won a silver medal in the showjumping.Shes good at hockeyRos was a keen hockey player in her teens and early twenties. She played hockey for Sheffield Hallams first team during her university years, juggling this with her studies and also eventing.She has an MBEIn the 2025 New Years Honours list, Ros was recognised with an MBE for her services to sport as an event rider and coach.Shes quite short!Ros is known for riding big horses very successfully Allstar B was 17.1hh but shes barely 5ft 2ins tall.Shes a former Pony Club memberRos grew up near Louth in Lincolnshire on her familys, where she is still based today. She was an active member of the South Wold Hunt North Pony Club as a child and produced ponies from a young age.She set up her own yard in 2011After university, Ros went travelling for four months before taking a summer job with Judy Bradwell. She stayed with Judy for four years before setting up her own livery and competition yard at her familys farm in 2011.Silver Curtis was her first horseRos first horse, Silver Curtis, gave her a taste for affiliated eventing and together they were shortlisted for the junior team as well as contesting their first advanced eventing class together.She went to Tokyo but didnt competeRos and her world champion horse Allstar B, who was owned by the riders late friend and mentor Caroline Moore, was the traveling reserve rider for the Tokyo Olympics.The pair flew all the way out to Japans capital and they lived and trained with Team GB. However, in the end they werent needed and they never actually got to compete in the Games, for which there were no spectators on site due to Covid-19 regulations.She won gold in ParisFast forward three years (the Tokyo Games were delayed due to Covid-19 and took place in 2021 instead of 2020) and Ros was back at an Olympics, but this time as a fully fledged team member.This time her equine partner was Lordships Graffalo and together they helped Team GB to gold.She completed Badminton for the first time in 2017Ros partnered Allstar B for her Badminton debut and they caught the eye when finishing fifth in a competitive field. Just one year later, the pair became world champions in Tryon.She made history at BadmintonWinning in 2025 makes Lordships Graffalo the first horse to reclaim the Badminton title in non-consecutive years. Their first victory came in 2023.Main image Badminton Horse Trials. Credit: Kit Houghton & Sally NewcombRelated contentRos Canter and Lordships Graffalo make history with emotional second Badminton winTime to celebrate! Top 10 Badminton horses and riders in picturesRos Canter enjoys 110k pay day on legend Lordships GraffaloFive gears a confident cross-country horse needs to haveThe post Who is Ros Canter? appeared first on Your Horse.