Aussie Peter Atkins has an interesting career behind him as an international calibre rider but he isn't finished just yet with the sport. As Atkins teamed up at Rolex for the first time this year with HJ Hampton or just "Henny" to his friends, he brought with him his innovative helmet cam so we could go along for the ride.

Atkins is an Advanced rider and experienced instructor originally from Australia and now based at Kaizen Farm in Reddick Florida during winter and Brownsville Vermont during the warmer months.

Atkins' is not the only rider developing this technology but he was the first to use it at Rolex as far as we know.  So now we get the chance to see what Rolex CC is really like from the eyes of the horse and rider combination.

So lets look at little history of the Aussie import. Peter has competed at many CCI**, CCI*** and CCI**** events including Radnor, FairHill, Camino Real, Luhmuhlen (Germany), Gawler CCI*** (Australia), Melbourne CCI*** and CCI** (Australia), Naracourte CCIY** (Australia), Boekelo (Holland) and the Rolex CCI **** in 2010, as well as winning the Intermediate Australian One-Day Event Championships.

Peter was qualified for the 1994 World Championships and the 1996 Olympics. In the Fall of 2000, Peter won the Stuart Horse Trials Open Intermediate, was 2nd at Hunter's Run Open Intermediate, 5th at Millbrook Advanced, 3rd at Fair Hill HT Advanced, 2nd at Morven Park Advanced and completed the Fair Hill CCI***. All on the same horse which he trained from the start. Under Peter's guidance the horse went from novice to advanced in 14 months.

In the winter of 2005 Peter imported a horse from Australia and had a very successful season with his new partner Figjam. In the summer of 2006 he won the Open Intermediate division at Sure Fire Farm, the Advanced division at Millbrook and he also won the Area 2 Advanced Championships at Morven Park.

During the summer of 2007 Peter started working with HJ Hampton, his current 4* horse. Peter and Henry have been extremely successful over the past 2 ½ yrs placing and winning many Intermediate and advanced events in the east. This spring they finished 23rd at The Rolex, KY 4* event. A very impressive accomplishment considering Henry is only 8 and did his first novice with Peter 2 ½ yrs ago! His current goal is to ride on the Australian team at the 2012 Olympics in London

So use this link to see highlights of the Peter Atkins Rolex video . There are other videos of cross country riding in the Florida area on www.eventingFL.com as well as another of Peter and his helmet cam. You can read more about Peter on his website www.runhennyrun.com where he asks for donations to keep his sporting dreams alive.

Be sure to listen out for some great comments by Atkins as he negotiates the only **** competition cross country course in the USA on his first try. "Go Henny" is something we might get used to hearing.

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