Category: Show jumping
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Jumping ponies of long ago
Most of us can probably remember Stroller – the remarkable pony who won Olympic medals with Marion Mould (or Coakes). There’s something particularly special about seeing a pony a good couple of hands smaller than its competitors winning despite the odds. There are other famous jumping ponies, who were around long before Stroller. I have…
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Broncho: one of the most outstanding horses jumping at Olympia between the two world wars
I first heard about famous show jumper Broncho through a book called Broncho that wasn’t about him at all. Richard Ball’s Broncho (Country Life, 1930) was inspired by the horse, but the publishers said: The book is not meant in any way to be the life story of the horse, as Mr. Ball claims no knowledge greater than…