[1] She spent part of her childhood in the United States,[2] and attended Saxe Middle School in Connecticut.

[1] She moved to the Netherlands in May 2011 in order to train with fellow Olympian Edwina Tops-Alexander, and lives there as of July 2012[update].

[2] As of 2012[update], Hargreaves is 178 centimetres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 57 kilograms (126 lb).

[1] Hargreaves started riding at seven years old[3] in the Hong Kong jockey Club.

[1] She trains six days a week,[1] and is a member of Copabella Sporthorses, Arcadia, New South Wales.