Horse Racing: Jumping for joy; Schoolboy Oliver makes the grade at the top level THE FRIDAY FEATURE Daily Post Sports correspondent Kate Healy gets the lowdown on promising rider Oliver Evans.(Sport)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: March 30, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Kate Healy

PRESTATYN High School pupil Oliver Evans is rapidly establishing a name for himself as one of the best young show jumpers in the country.

The Holywell 15-year-old, who first sat on a pony before he could walk, has been chosen for the John Whitaker International Pony Squad, for riders aged 16 and under. Only the most promising riders in the country gain selection for the squad and it marks them out potentially as the Olympic medallists of the...