![]() They made history with a third consecutive Burghley victory in 2014. Although the colt never won by huge margins, he took six Group 1 races on the trot, including the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.Ĭharming grey named after a World Heritage Site, bred and ridden by crack Kiwi horseman Andrew Nicholson. ‘This is one of the greats,’ whispered jockey Mick Kinane to trainer John Oxx after winning the 2009 Epsom Derby. Rich patrons reputedly offered huge sums, but owner David Jamison turned them down. The most sought-after pony of the 1980s, synonymous with Mexican 10-goaler Carlos Gracida, and winner of the Best Playing Pony award at the British Open Gold Cup three times. The boss of his generation, he won eight of his 10 starts between 19, including the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and was a prolific sire. Had a record six successive Group 1 wins in the early 1970s, plus the Derby and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and lives on through successful progeny. Ridden by John Oaksey, he jumped a car for the film Dead Cert.Ī beautiful mover that glided over the turf, his temperament was quiet enough for Clare Balding, his trainer’s two-year-old daughter, to sit on him unattended and was probably what saved him when he broke his leg. The tall bay horse and his slight blonde rider Mary Gordon Watson inspired generations of Pony Clubbers, winning Olympic team gold in Munich (the horse also won gold under Richard Meade in Mexico) plus world and European titles. Gallant Household Cavalry horse that miraculously survived the IRA bombings in Hyde Park in 1982 he underwent eight hours of surgery, becoming a national symbol of defiance against terrorism. Sadly, the record five-time King George VI Chase and two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner died recently after an accident in retirement. One of the most charismatic steeplechasers of the modern era, whose spectacular-if occasionally erratic jumping thrilled and alarmed in equal measure. Named after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s hero, he won 13 Group 1 races in the 1970s and was beaten once in 18 starts. The alliance of this unremarkable-looking but genuine horse and the extraordinary talents of his German rider Michael Jung has rewritten eventing history: they’re the first pair to hold Olympic, world and European titles simultaneously. The astonishing 14.2hh won a silver medal with Marion Coakes at the 1968 Mexico Olympics at the age of 18. The only pony to have competed at the Olympics, he could have limbo-ed under the enormous fences he took on with such gusto. He ground down his opponents with his relentless pace. He not only won five Cheltenham Gold Cups, but, in 1934, the Grand National, too. Galloped into the history books under the legendary Lester Piggott in 1970 by winning the British Triple Crown, a feat that no horse has achieved since. Studies show that virtually all modern racehorses are descended from this sensational 18th-century stallion. ‘Eclipse first, the rest nowhere’ went the saying. He and Sir Harry Llewellyn won 78 international competitions and captured public imagination with the only British gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. Played 13 high-goal seasons consecutively from 1998 with Argentine brothers Matias and Pablo MacDonough the former says: ‘He had a lot of courage and a big heart. Ridden by Ginny Holgate (now Elliot), he won Badminton, Burghley, world and European titles, plus two Olympic medals in 1984. His 34 victories included the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup and four King George VI Chases.īrilliant cross-country horse that was described as taking corners like a motorbike and never once refused. The powerful grey that liked to take hair-raising leaps from outside the wings had a huge fan club. ‘The horse the Germans couldn’t kill’ was given a post-humous PDSA Dickin Medal in 2014 Brough Scott has written a book about the horse’s extraordinary life. ![]() The extraordinary survival of Gen Jack Seely’s horse in the mud and misery of the First World War - he subsequently ran in point-to-points - mirrors that of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse hero, Joey. ![]() Posted by Warrior: The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse on Thursday, July 10, 2014 Country Life's Top 100 architects, builders, designers and gardeners.
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