Can anyone .. please, please, please .. go far enough back [early 60's I believe]. As the most decorated dressage rider, Isabell Werth has dominated the dressage scene since the 1990s. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko was a virtual unknown when he showed up to the World Championships in 1983 representing the Soviet Union, but he walked away with a gold medal and shocked the international track and field community. Bonfire also won multiple medals at the World Equestrian Games and World Cup Finals. Stroller was second in the Hickstead Derby in 1968, and third in 1970, that year achieving an astounding victory in Germanys formidable Hamburg Derby. Yuri Tarmak (or Juri, depending on what part of the world you're in) was a second-generation track and field star in the Soviet Union, following in the footsteps of his father, Aadu Tarmak, a champion discus thrower. In 1992, van Grunsven and Bonfire competed at the Olympic Games, taking home team silver for the Dutch team. That doesn't take away from high jump history, and the future remains bright. Privacy Policy | Registered office: Meriden Business Park, Copse Drive,Meriden, West Midlands, CV5 9RG, British Showjumping National Training Centre, Qualifying Dates, Venues and Qualified Riders, Selection Policies, Viewing Shows & Team Dates, Retraining of Racehorses National Recognition Awards, Para Equestrian League (Graded Competition). That's why it's so exciting when we see shorter athletes become dominant, like 6-foot former Romanian star Sorin Matei, who cleared 7-foot-10 in 1990 and participated in three Olympic Games for Romania in 1980, 1988 and 1992. Cuba's Javier Sotomayor is the greatest high jumper of all time and has held the world record since 1993. The. She was born on July 22, 1987, in Burlington, Vermont, and began riding at a young age. 2012: Great Britain team of Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles end 60-year wait for Olympic glory by winning team gold at London Games. 1952: Harry Llewellyn (Foxhunter), Duggie Stewart (Aherlow) and Wilf White (Nizefela) win Britains only gold at the Helsinki Olympics. Charlotte Dujardin was born on July 13, 1985, in Enfield, England and began riding at only two years old. They went on to compete at the 1988 Olympics and two years later they were the Dutch champions. Where the heck is Captain Cholly-Sawcut??? Smith was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and still maintains his stables at Craiglands Farm, High Eldwick, Bingley, near Bradford. He stood out from the ranks of showjumpers because of his broad accent and blunt manner. I won a silver, and Stefan Holm won a gold. 1978: Nick Skelton breaks the British high jump record, setting new figures of 7ft 7in at Olympia with the appropriately-named Lastic. Here, a who's who of the well-connected riders on the show-jumping circuit. In March she ranked 27th at the 2016 World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden; she is ranked 7th in the Longines Western European League. With Rio Olympics taking place this summer, can British showjumpers retain their gold medal? Voronin competed in three consecutive Olympic games for Russia and probably had his best shot to medal in 2000, when he was coming off back-to-back gold medals in the 1999 World Championships and 2000 European Indoor Championships. First president is Lord Lonsdale, with Lt Colonel Charles (Taffy) Walwyn appointed chairman. Best career jump: 8 feet, 1/2 inch (1993), Olympics: Barcelona 1992 (Gold), Atlanta 1996 (DNM), Sydney 2000 (Silver). That year, Marion and Stroller captured the Queen Elizabeth Cup at the Royal International, and won it again six years later. Best career jump: 7 feet, 9 1/2 inches (2000). Image: The Today Show, February 1979 5 Pat Sajak Pat Smythe and Dawn and Jill Palethorpe were part of that generation. He cleared the wall at 6ft 8in, and only put a brick out at 6ft 10in, to win jointly with Alwin Schockemhle on Athlet, a great puissance specialist. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (2005), Olympics: Sydney 2000 (DNM), Athens 2004 (Gold), Beijing 2008 (DNM). Though he retired from riding competitively last autumn after a remarkable career which spanned almost 50 years, Eddie is constantly on the move. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (2000), Olympics: Sydney 2000 (DNM), Athens 2004 (DNM), Beijing 2008 (DNM). 1994: John Whitakers top horse Milton retires having become the first showjumper to win 1m in prize money. In April 1877, while performing at the Royal . Peters also won team bronze at the 2016 Olympics with Legolas 92. Rosa Richter, a.k.a. FEI/Libby Law Photography 3. Learn More. Van Grunsven has won numerous honorary awards including 1993-1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004 Rider of the Year in the Netherlands, 1994 Sports Woman of the Year and in 2001 she was named Rider of the Century. There were altitude problems, but Stroller was also suffering a decayed and split upper tooth. He was not easy to ride, but he had immense scope and talent.. Crumbs, that takes me back! . In 1996, he competed at his first Olympic Games with his horse Udon, who his father gave him a gift when he was 16. The 24-year-old daughter of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa grew up riding on her family's 300-acre Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Laura Graves is the first-ever American dressage rider to be ranked #1 in the world in the FEI World rankings. In 2012, the duo took home team and individual gold at the Olympic Games. It wasn't until much later that continental horses became a regular thing at all. Holm missed matching his idol with two more Olympic medals by the slimmest of margins. Like most high jumpers, Bondarenko was in his prime in his early 20s and at his very best directly following the 2012 Olympics, where he took seventh place. 1952: Her Majesty The Queen grants her Patronage to the British Show Jumping Association, while Great Britain's team of Harry Llewellyn (Foxhunter), Duggie Stewart (Aherlow) and Wilf White (Nizefela) win team gold at Helsinki Olympics. British Showjumping reached a major milestone today,December 31 - a day that marks 90 years since the Association was officially incorporated. It's OK if you're a little suspect of Andrey Silnov's gold medal in the high jump at the 2008 Olympics. Americas Bill Steinkraus and Snowbound took the gold medal with four faults, and Marion won the silver medal. In 12 years of international competition, he's never come in first place but has several runner-up finishes, most notably at the European Championships in 2014 and the European Indoor Championships in 2019. With her horse Prisco, she began competing in show jumping, but after the pair not having much success, she made the switch to dressage in 1980. Best career jump: 7 feet, 9 1/2 inches (1996), Olympics: Seoul 1988 (DNM), Barcelona 1992 (Bronze), Atlanta 1996 (Silver). Died: Jan. 5, 2004, (age 66, Inglewood, California), Olympics: Melbourne 1956 (Gold), Rome 1960 (DNM). When not training in North Salem, NY or at the Winter Equestrian Festival December through April, you can find her at charity galas in New York City, supporting causes like the American Ballet Theatre and the New York Botanical Garden. . Other greats in the sport include the 14.2hh pony Stroller who won Olympic silver, Hickstead founder Douglas Bunn, chef dequipe Ronnie Masserella and the famous Hickstead Derby. Few things in sports are as awe-inspiring as the high jump. 2012: Thanks to Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles Britain wins showjumping gold at the London Olympics. Dumas died of cancer in 2004, at 66 years old, after a long career as an educator and coach. Standing just 6-foot-1, Steve Smith has owned the British records for indoor and outdoor high jump since the early 1990s. Verdades was inducted into the Equus Foundation Horse Stars Hall of Fame in 2016. FEI/Martin Dokoupil By Equestrian Life As of the New Year, here at the world's top ten showjumpers according to the Longines Rankings 2. In order to fund her riding, she had to work hard as a waitress and then bartender. So far, Weihegold has scored 90% or higher five times. Smucker's-lover Willard Scott took over in 1980, and Ryan in turn filled Scott's now vacant spot in Washington, D.C. There is hope to do a retirement ceremony in the future, but right now he is just enjoying going for hacks. His latest quest had taken him the length and breadth of Ireland in just three days, but thankfully, it was not in vain. Where do we even begin with Dragutin Topic? Credit: McSmit (Wikipedia) Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven is the only rider to win gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games. 1956: Pat Smythe becomes the firstBritishfemale showjumper to compete at an Olympics. For a brief time in the early 1960s, American high jumper John Thomas was one of the most famous athletes in the world. The pony went to Ted Cripps, a butcher, for his daughter, Sally. Amateur Showcase: Hunter/Jumper Attorney Maddy Thatcher Has 5 Questions With: Breakthrough Grand Prix Winner Pablo One To Watch: Merguerian Turned Bolting Lesson Pony Into Salvino Out Of Contention For FEI World Cup Final. After graduating high school, she decided she wanted to ride professionally. They came back at the 2000 Olympics, winning individual gold and team silver once again. It was Britain's only gold of the Games in any sport. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (1990), Olympics:Moscow 1980 (Did Not Medal), Seoul 1988 (DNM), Barcelona 1992 (DNM). She's currently ranked 9th in the North American East Coast League. He only medaled in two international competitions in his entire career, but one of them was a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He finished one spot out of a medal at the Olympics twice, coming in at fourth place in both 2000 and 2008. Smith was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and still maintains his stables at Craiglands Farm, High Eldwick, Bingley, near Bradford. Peters began riding at the age of seven and by 15 was competing in international competitions. This year she spent 12 weeks. Davis grew up in the mountains above Los Angeles "with horses in my front yard," she says, and began riding as soon as she could walk and taking lessons at age five. The pair was the runner-up at the 2019 World Cup Finals. In 2012, the pair took home team and individual gold at the Olympic Games. These are the greatest high jumpers of all time. He is remembered with great affection by generations of horsemen. She won a total of nine medals: three gold medals, five silvers, and one bronze. . The pair crossed the finish in 51.86 seconds. There is no debate as to who the single most influential person in the history of the high jump is. In the 1960s and 1970s, showjumping was a hugely popular sport on television and, along with the likes of David Broome, he was a household name. In 2015, Valegro scored the highest score ever in dressage ever at the World Cup Final at 94.3%. Together, they took home team bronze. The German rider originally focused on riding show jumping and eventing, but made the switch to dressage after meeting Dr. Uwe Schulten-Baumer. Wessig's world record stood for three years, and his Olympic record stood for eight years. A record four wins of the Hickstead Derby between 1976 and 1979 and the memorable three-in-a-row Nations Cup victories on home ground in Dublin are just some of many great moments this great duo enjoyed during their five years together. 2015: World number one Scott Brash makes showjumping history by winning Rolex Grand Slam, landing a 1million Euros bonus for grand prix successes at Geneva, Aachen and Spruce Meadows. Even though he calls Canada home now, Irelands most famous show jumping rider will never forget his roots or forego loyalty to his country of birth. Just keeping the post going. She went on to purchase a six-stall barn in Orlando, but was in need of a trainer. Bertram Allen has climbed three places to number 18 as the Wexford 21-year-old continues his reign as Ireland top . 2023 horseyhooves.com, part of the Hopnetic network. I remember seeing it like I saw it yesterday, but cannot remember the name, nor anything about it in Google. 1961: The first Hickstead Derby takes place at the All England Jumping Course in West Sussex, a venue founded by the late Douglas Bunn. Michael Jung (2009-Present) . In 2014, Verdades and Graves surprised the dressage world by coming in second in the Grand Prix at the United States Dressage Festival of Champions. It was decided to give him painkillers and steam inhalations rather than risk an extraction just before the contest. Triple Crown winner (1978) Ajax: 18 consecutive race wins, before he was defeated at 1/40 Albatross: harness racer who won 59 of 71 races, and as a sire produced winners of over $130 million, including Niatross Allez France: French Arc winner and first filly to win a million dollars Harvey John Smith (born 29 December 1938) is a former British show jumping champion. Totilas was a black Dutch Warmblood stallion born on May 23, 2000, in the Netherlands. Smith made the finals of the 1992 Olympics at just 19 years old but fell flat in the finals and finished in 12th place. A biology major at Stanford, she splits her time between classes and competitions in Lexington and Wellington. David Broome, Mr Ross, Sportsman and Philco among my favourites.. Ginny Leng (Elliott) on the eventing side with Priceless and Nightcap both by the same sire of my first ever horse who if she had. However, Eddie is fortunate to have the help of his son Stevie (one of two sons, along with Jamie, from his first marriage to Susanne) who lives in Holland, and his friend Robert Daly in Ireland, in sourcing suitable horses. To finance her and her sisters riding, Dujardins mother would buy and sell ponies. Best career jump: 7 feet, 11 1/2 inches (2014), Olympics: London 2012 (Bronze), Rio de Janeiro 2016 (Silver), Tokyo 2021 (Gold, joint). The 27-year-old daughter of actor Tom Selleck not only rides, she operates her own stable Descanso Farm in California. Matt Hemingway's career was a story in perseverance. We are the current Olympic and European champions, while Scott Brash has been world number one for the past two years. He competed in three consecutive Olympics for Poland and improved each time. Avdyeyenko would only win one other international competition in his career, but it would be an important one when he brought home the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. These Bold-Faced Names Are Obsessed With Show Jumping. Many in the track and field community look at this gold medal with an asterisk since the greatest high jumper of all time, Cuba's Javier Sotomayor, was in his prime but didn't compete because of his country's boycott. Who Is Gabriel Hogan? Stroller, at just over 14.2hh, was of pony height, but in conformation and temperament he was a miniature, quality horse. Jilly Cooper described him as "Heathcliff on . He made his debut at just 18 years old in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, then won Silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Dinan has competed in FEI World Cup Finals four times, most recently in March in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ryan became The Today Show 's first on-air weatherman in the 1970s. We had completed the 50th clear round ever achieved on the course and it was the first by a woman rider.. The mass TV audience made an idol of a pony with an easy-to-remember name bearing no commercial pre-fix one lesson British show jumping forgot. The Soviet Union found an uncut gem of a high jumper in Rudolf Povarnitsyn when he came out of nowhere to set the world record in the summer of 1985. 1960: Welshman David Broome wins Great Britain's first Olympic showjumping individual medal by taking bronze with Sunsalve in Rome. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 inches (1985), Olympics: Los Angeles 1984 (Gold), Seoul 1988 (DNM), Barcelona 1992 (DNM). Anky van Grunsven first met Bonfire when he was just two and a half years old. For her services to equestrianism, Dujardin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2017. As we mention in our ultimate fans guide to Charlotte Dujardin, she took up dressage after encouragement from her trainer Debbie Thomas. 3. In 2016, Verdades and Graves took home bronze in team dressage at the Olympics. It seemed the natural thing to graduate to horses, Marion recalls. A record four wins of the Hickstead Derby between 1976 and 1979 and the memorable three-in-a-row Nations . (editor) (1995) "Smuggler vs. Goldsmith Maid, 1876", Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers, top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame, https://www.suggestedpost.eu/brooklyn-supreme/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_historical_horses&oldid=1142361233, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 00:09. Smith found his groove over the next few years and placed in the top three in his next four major international competitions. Sjoberg holds a unique piece of history despite never winning a gold medal in the Olympics as the only high jumper to medal in three different Olympic Games. , Barron, is named for her grandfather, Robert Barron Frieze, who was involved in horse racing and inspired Davis' love of horses. If you want to know the impact doping has on track and field, just look at how it impacted the career of former Kansas State star Erik Kynard. Wessig, who is 6-foot-7, tried to switch to the decathlon after winning the gold medal but found little success there and never competed in another Olympics. Hollis Conway is one of just three Americans to medal twice in the Olympics, along with Dwight Stones and John Thomas. In 2020, Graves announced the retirement of Verdades. Also read: 8 Facts & FAQs About Isabell Werth. Silnov's one big advantage seemed to be his height, at 6-foot-6, because his career seemingly materialized out of nowhere. I really hope my memory isn't playing tricks. Anyone clever enough to track down some early vids and post? After being difficult to work with, Graves was set to sell him. Then, from 2017-2019 Weihgold and Werth took home a total of five gold medals from the European Championships and World Cup Finals. Smith became so famous that he embarked on a brief, but unsuccessful, singing career. He and the stallion Totilas (nicknamed . He was a TV star whose fans wrote to ask for hairs from his tail. Still wanting to be involved in horses, Graves ended up taking a position with dressage trainer Anne Gribbons. Strollers last puissance class was at the Antwerp show in 1967. Don't be surprised to see Barshim make more history in the future. The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) The misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry. Incredibly Nick, John and Michael are still going strong, and they have been joined by the likes of Scott, Ben Maher and Laura Renwick, to name a few. I really wanted the job, and had a lot to offer, but Horse Sport Ireland made it very difficult for me during the interview stages and I was left with little choice but to withdraw my application, he concluded. We are, too. Standing just a shade over 6 feet, Bay City, Texas, native Charles Austin didn't even attempt his first high jump until he was a senior in high school. 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