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Holly Mason is also rare and robust,
surviving and fighting her way
through an intensive rehabilitation
program here in Germany. Although
unlike my little lonely holly plant
in Australia, Holly Mason is by no
means alone. Following an almost
deadly accident, the lives of Holly
and her Family were turned upside
down & Holly’s mum Anne is now
constantly by her side.
Holly is 24 years old and comes from
Samford, Northwest of Brisbane.
Growing up there were two things
Holly loved, cooking and horses.
Having finished school, Holly
decided to pursue a career in the
food industry, becoming a qualified
chef and pastry chef. On the horse
front, dressage was also becoming a
more serious interest and Holly
jumped at the opportunity to spend
some time working for dressage rider
Brett Parbery. At home Holly was
also furthering her dressage with
regular lessons from local
instructors. The result of all this
work was paying off, with success in
young horse championships, as well
as both novice and elementary
dressage tests with her young horse
Pierre.
As with so many Aussie’s the idea of
heading over to Germany to
experience all that is Dressage only
begins as an idea… then becomes the
adventure of a lifetime. For Holly,
this journey began in December 2008
when she boarded a plane to Germany
to begin the adventure of her life.
Sadly though it was not the
adventure Holly or her family had
anticipated. Just 20 days after
Holly left for Germany, and 2 days
after her 24th birthday,
the accident occurred. While
visiting a stable in Southern
Germany Holly was leading a young
horse in an arena, the horse got a
fright, pulled away and kicked her
in the head leaving a huge
horseshoe-size part of her skull on
one side drastically damaged. Holly
sustained massive skull fractures
and associated brain injury and as a
result slipped into a coma.
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