Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaaweahia e te whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata o te whakataetae eke hoiho tuatahi i te
I nga Paralympics o Atlanta i te tau 1996, ka mau ano a Higgins ki te eke hoiho, me te whaainga ki te whakataetae i nga Paralympics 2000 i Sydney. I āwangawanga tōna whānau me ōna hoa mō te pānga o te hākinakina ki ōna hononga kōwae e pakaru haere ana, ā, i whakarite ia ki tana tāne ka whakarerea e ia te hākinakina mēnā kāore ia i pai i te British National Championships for Riders with Disabilities, e ono marama i muri mai. I wikitoria ia i nga toa o Ingarangi i te taumata motu me te ao i te reanga 3 mai i te 1997 ki te 1999. Whai muri i tana wikitoria tuatahi i nga toa o Ingarangi, ka waiho e tana tahu tana mahi eke hoiho hei kaiwhakaako me te kaiwhakangungu. I te marama o Akuhata 1999, i wini ia i nga mētara parahi e rua i te 4th World Dressage Championships for Riders with Disabilities i Denmark, kotahi i te whakataetae takitahi tau 3 me tetahi atu hei waahanga o te roopu kakahu o Ahitereiria.