‘I am driven by the love of the horse’

Career highlights

Raised over £275,000 for equine and local charities

Trustee of Redwings, UK’s largest Horse Sanctuary

2022 FEI World Equestrian Championships dressage commentator

TV commentator for Jumping, eventing, driving, vaulting and dressage at CHIO Aachen

Defender Burghley Horse Trials

Stallion show, AI Stallion services

FEI World cup Dressage

BE International Youth eventing championships

Ian Scott is an award winning internationally recognised equestrian commentator working principally in the equestrian, rural sports, county, corporate and farming sectors. Ian is an owner, breeder, past event rider and a trustee of Redwings, the UK’s largest horse sanctuary. Ian is a live, TV, livestream, on camera interviewer and sports presenter for FEI TV and Eurosport, and Horse & Country.  Short listed for Paris Olympics and FEI World cup finals in 2024, working at County shows, 5* Defender Burghley Horse Trials commentator and anchored the live commentary at the 2022 Ecco FEI World Equestrian Championships. Past engagements span from FEI World Cup dressage, FEI World cup driving, scurry, breeder foal championships to more varied experience such as the Shetland Pony Grand National, Point-to point and virtual racing.  Ian is able to commentate professionally on any occasion. Ian has also raised over £275,000 for equine charities as volunteer organiser of the Burghley Sponsored Ride ( now discontinued) and was a Games Maker volunteer at the 2012 Olympic Games. In 2025 Ian completed a 100Km walking challenge in the Lake District for Redwings raising nearly £2000

Ian provides a versatile, varied, original and well informed commentary with clarity and enthusiasm, from the smallest of local shows up to International Longines FEI Nations Cup, Senior European Eventing Championships, Pony European Championships, FEI World Cup level competition and Ecco FEI World Championships