Her first horse was a Connemara pony called Timolin, and was bought for her by her godmother for £175.

For several years after this she did not compete internationally due to horse injuries, but by 2001 she was first in the small tour rankings.

[3][4] She was a member of the GB dressage team along with Laura Bechtolsheimer and Emma Hindle.

[5] Based from Great Cheverell, Wiltshire,[6] in 2006 Jane married her partner of twenty years, Hong Kong dressage rider Aram Gregory.

Gregory died on 1 April 2011 after suffering a heart attack at the age of 51.