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4 Eventing William is acknowledged as one of the world’s supreme horsemen, with numerous three-day event wins to his name including, this year, a record fifth victory at Bramham CCI*** (on Navigator) and Luhmuhlen CCI**** (Macchiato). He has represented Great Britain at all levels, from Juniors upwards, winning five senior European team gold medals (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005) and two individual silvers (in 1997 and 2005), Olympic team silver (2004) and world team bronze and silver (2002 and 2006). William has won Badminton (in 2004 on Tamarillo) and Burghley four times and in 2002 was the first Briton to be world number 1. He was also listed for Hong Kong with Ballincoola and Tamarillo. His mother Marietta and younger sisters Laurella and Alicia have all represented Britain and his wife, Alice (Plunkett) is the only woman to have completed Badminton and Aintree. She is a TV racing commentator for Channel 4; they have two young sons, Oliver and Thomas. Age: 39 Lives: Sturminster Newton, Dorset William Fox-Pitt PARKMORE ED Owners: Mr Philip Adkins Breeding: Irish, by Parkmore Night x Bodalmore Lass 16.3hh bay gelding, 15yrs Major results: 2nd Bramham 2004, 3rd Blenheim 2006, 1st Burghley 2007 Sharon Hunt TANKERS TOWN Owners: Mr & Mrs Terry Hunt Breeder: Mrs Mary Blundell Breeding: Irish TB, by Diamond Clover x Money Gone West Chestnut gelding, 16.1hh, 14 years Major results: 6th Badminton, 9th World Games 2006; 5th Badminton 2008 Sharon has produced Tankers Town, who is owned by her parents, since he was a youngster and they sprang to prominence when finishing 6th at Badminton in 2006. This earned them an individual slot at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, where they finished 9th. Sharon earned her first Olympic team place with 5th place at Badminton this year. Sharon had the bad luck to miss the 2007 European Championships when Tankers Town, had a bruised foot. Age: 30 Lives: Great Saxham, Suffolk Eventing 5
Eventing 6 This will be a fifth Olympics for Mary, the senior rider on the team and one of the best-known and most popular names in British eventing. She earned her first senior Union flag in 1991 and was a member of the last British team to win the world championships, in 1994 in The Hague on King William. She has won Badminton twice, in 1992 (King William) and 2000 (Star Appeal) and in 1996 she won Burghley on Star Appeal. She has won four European team gold medals (1991, 1995, 1997, 2007) and individual bronze (1995) and silver (2007) plus Olympic team silver in 2004 (King Solomon) and world team silver in 2006 (Call Again Cavalier). She has won the national senior title five times, plus numerous three-day events. Mary has successfully bred her own event horses and was 2nd at Bramham this year on her home-bred mare, Kings Fancy. Mary is married to David King, a farmer, after whom many of her horses are named, and has two children, Emily and Freddie. Age: 47 Lives: Sidmouth, Devon Mary King CALL AGAIN CAVALIER Owners: Mr & Mrs Eddie Davies and Miss Janette Chinn Breeding: Irish, by Cavalier Royal Vll x My Woodlands Lady Vll Bay gelding, 16.2hh, 16yrs Major results: 4th Burghley 2005; world team silver, 2006; 1st Chatsworth CIC-W, 1st Gatcombe CIC***, European team gold and individual silver, 2007 Eventing Officials YOGI BREISNER (Team Manager) Yogi Breisner was appointed World Class Performance Manager and chef d’equipe to the British eventing team in 2000. He had just eight months to get to know the squad before the Sydney Olympics, at which they won silver, Britain’s first Olympic medal for 12 years. Yogi is Swedish-born and first trained under his fellow Swede Lars Sederholm at Waterstock, where he was based for 13 years from 1978-91. A member of the Swedish eventing team from 1976-87, Yogi won European team gold in 1983 and competed at the Los Angeles Olympics on Ultimus. He finished in the top 10 at Badminton four times. Aside from his duties as British Eventing’s National Coach, Yogi is much in demand in National Hunt racing, training both jockeys and horses to jump. Yogi is 52 and is married to Hilary; they live in Thame, Oxfordshire, and have two sons. JENNY HALL (Veterinarian) Jenny qualified as a veterinarian at Liverpool University in 1985 and immediately took up an internship in large animal medicine and surgery at New Bolton Centre in the USA. She spent time as an equine surgery resident at Ohio State University before taking up a post in surgical research on implantable devices in Arizona. Jenny returned to the UK in 1991 to work in private equine practice, mainly in racing. She travelled extensively to three-day events as a private vet, including the Atlanta Olympics, and was appointed vet to the British team in 1999. Jenny lives in Lambourn, where she has had her own specialist equine practice since 1996. She is married to the trainer Kevin McAuliffe and has daughter, Aoife. Eventing 7
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