LANKESTER NATALIE

United Arab Emirates

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1989

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Dressage Team UAE Utd Arab Emirates	8
	Dressage Individual

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tonglu Equestrian Centre	Dressage Prix St-Georges Team and Individual	Finished
	Tonglu Equestrian Centre	Dressage Individual Intermediate I	Finished
	Tonglu Equestrian Centre	Dressage Individual Intermediate I Freestyle	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Occupation:

Athlete, Breeder, Horse Trainer

Husband Rashid Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, daughters Hessa [2016] and Alia [2019]

Languages spoken:

DXB Horses [Dubai, UAE]

Morgan Barbancon, FRA

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Rashid Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum is a member of the royal family in the United Arab Emirates. He has represented the nation in equestrian jumping, and won silver in team event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Mar 2023; en, 12 Dec 2022; Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club Facebook page, 25 Apr 2022)

"I was probably three years old when I first sat on my pony and had my first ride. Once you get that connection with the horse, it stays inside of you. I did try a little bit of jumping, and a bit of cross-country, and a bit of different avenues before I really settled on dressage." (Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club Facebook page, 25 Apr 2022)

"We've always had horses at home [in Shropshire, England]. My grandmother was a dressage rider, and her guidance was what sort of pulled me towards dressage." (en, 12 Dec 2022)

To compete at the Olympic Games. (harpersbazaararabia, 02 Aug 2022)

She focuses on strength training or plays paddle tennis after working with her horses. (en, 12 Dec 2022)

"I like to get there [competition venues] a few hours before the competition starts and I plait the horses. I like to have that time to connect with the horse, a moment in the stable where they're calm, I'm calm, and we both know what's about to happen." (harpersbazaararabia, 02 Aug 2022)

Philosophy:

"Patience. Trusting the process. Not forcing anything. I think it runs through all areas of life. If you can train a dressage horse to a high level, you can apply it to a lot of things in your life." (harpersbazaararabia, 02 Aug 2022)

Additional Information

General
MOVE TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
In 2010 she moved from England to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "I worked as a financial mortgage advisor for two years in the UK. I wasn't initially in the horsey scene when I came here. I was 21 and worked at a lighting design company for a couple of years. It's always drawn me back. I mean I couldn't watch television, and see a horse, and not feel something. It was during that time that I thought to myself, 'I need to get back into the horsey scene', I then saw an advertisement for a horse, so I went to try him - and that was it! I was back in thinking, 'No, this is what I have to do'. So, I got my first horse here in Dubai [in 2014]. I had started an online pet shop at the time and I was running that, doing home deliveries, and then riding my horse, and mixing the two together. And then it was in 2015 that I met my husband." (en, 12 Dec 2022; harpersbazaararabia, 02 Aug 2022; Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club Facebook page, 25 Apr 2022; euronews, 23 Apr 2022)

STABLES
In 2015 she and her husband Rashid Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum established their own horse breeding programme, DXB Horses, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Instagram profile, 02 Mar 2023; en, 12 Dec 2022; gulfnews, 17 Jun 2022)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event