John Terry's wife, Toni Terry, set to compete in London International Horse Show

Wealthy people can buy a ready-made dressage horse and compete without disgracing themselves in the horsey equivalent of the football Conference. But they'll need to ride like a professional to enter the Premier League, and so Toni Terry faces the acid test tomorrow night in a "pas de deux" before a capacity crowd of dressage afficionados at the London International Horse Show. Mark Hughes keeps up pursuit of Chelsea captain John TerryManchester City continue to chase John Terry despite threat of official Chelsea complaintThe England captain's wife has been competing seriously for a year, buying two horses from Berkeley homes boss Tony Pidgeley, another multi-millionaire who has bankrolled this sport. Terry has progressed further than dressage's other celebrity recruit, Katie Price - at Olympia on her own two feet for merchandise signings - and puts in two-and-a-half hours a day with trainer Vicki Thompson . "There are people who have been doing dressage all their lives - sweat, blood and tears," said Terry. "I don't just want to come in and have an easy path. I want to work hard and deserve it."

Source: Telegraph