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Category for horses that take part in show jumping events. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. A.
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Competitors in the modern pentathlon event also have to complete an equestrian show-jumping course, but this is not part of the equestrian events. [ 4 ] Modern-day Olympic equestrian events are rooted in cavalry skills and classical horsemanship, [ 5 ] and through 1948, competition was restricted to active-duty officers on military horses. [ 6 ]
The Irish Sport Horse or Irish Hunter has been successful in show jumping. Some have won medals or been placed at events including the Olympic Games, the Show Jumping World Championships, the European Show Jumping Championships, the Show Jumping World Cup and the Pan-American Games.
Broome on Sportsman in 1975. David McPherson Broome CBE (born 1 March 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion. He competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1988 Olympics and won individual bronze medals in 1960 on Sunsalve and in 1968 on his best-known horse Mr Softee. [1]
Eddie Macken (born 20 October 1949 in Granard, Longford, Ireland) [1] is an Irish equestrian show jumper, who was a member of the Irish team - along with Paul Darragh, Capt. Con Power [], and James Kernan – that won the Aga Khan Cup three years in a row (1977 to 79).
With his horse, Big Ben (1976–1999), Millar won more than 40 Grand Prix titles worldwide and the Show Jumping World Cup two years in a row (1988 & 1989). At the Pan American Games in August 1987, Ian Millar became the second Canadian to win an individual gold medal. He now has nine Pan American Games medals, including two individual golds.
John Whitaker MBE (born 5 August 1955, Huddersfield) [1] is a British equestrian and Olympian who competes in show jumping.He has won numerous international medals including an olympic silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.