Сбогом на почит към вдъхновяващата обездка звезда г-н президент

2023 Автор: George Kingsman | [email protected]. Последно модифициран: 2023-05-21 05:32

Британски ездач Стеф Кроксфорд се сбогува с харизматичната си звезда по обездка от гранд г-н президент.

Отглежданият за шофиране мерид, закупен за £ 2, 500 като новозащитен младеж от реклама в местен вестник, продължи да постига слава на най-високо ниво във Великобритания и Европа.

Пътуването му от забавен кон до обездна звезда с елитен аматьор Стеф, еколог-геолог, завладя сърцата на обществеността.

Г-н президент беше свален на 25 години на 20 ноември след щастливо пенсиониране след звездната си кариера.

„Той беше отговорен за ни изпраща на това пътуване през целия живот от над 20 години досега “, каза Стеф.

„Именно заради него се преместихме в това малко селце в Дербишър и уредихме къща тук, създавайки прекрасен живот за нашите деца и нас самите.

„Дължим му толкова много, тъй като нашите решения през последните 20 и повече години бяха насочени главно към него и живота му.

“ Това е заради него, днес съм там, където съм. Знам, че конът щеше да умре за мен. Ако някога имаше кон, с когото бих искал да яхна в битка, това щеше да е той. Знаех, че с желание би отдал живота си за мен.

„Когато го яздеше, беше все едно да си сложиш ръкавица. Не знаех къде завърших и той започна. Бяхме на едно мнение. Саймън винаги се шегуваше, че е вторият ми съпруг."

the eye-catching chestnut was named after us president, bill clinton, for the way he would round-up and court the mares in his field, and spent his first years with steph enjoying cross-country, showjumping and local one-day events.

the pair’s remarkable journey to top-flight dressage started with a remark by a trainer at a cross-country schooling session, that the horse belonged in the dressage arena.

mr president was by a gelderlander x hackney stallion, out of a kwpn mare, and he oozed natural ability and presence.

the gelding reached prix st georges by the aged of seven and started his grand prix career as a nine-year-old, with steph training many of the movements out hacking.

“many people know our history together, but had i not seen that small advert in the yorkshire post advertising a 16.1hh chestnut four-year-old gelding, things would have been so different,” added steph.

“because of that advert, we had 22 years of pleasure together. we travelled all over europe competing, we were on target for the beijing olympics, before an injury halted play for a while. he came back fighting and enabled us to be part of several nations cup teams and competed in numerous world cup qualifiers. he even gave richard davison a few months of entertainment, whilst i was pregnant with annabelle.”

his grand prix career spanned 10 years and included wins in the freestyle at saumur cdio in 2007 as well as the grand prix specials at biarritz later that year and at hartpury in 2009. they bagged top-10 finishes at all three of their olympia appearances and mr president was retired to a standing ovation following his final test at the 2013 national championships at stoneleigh.

“‘rim rim’ was and will always be number one in our hearts,” said steph, thanking agnew equine vets and redferns for their care and understanding at this difficult time.

“in arnie agnew’s words, as he slowly drifted from this world; ‘some horses, you could write a book about, but with him….he could write an entire trilogy’. he simply was ‘a one in a billion’ horse that shall never be forgotten in our hearts. we love you rim rim and i know we will be together again, dancing around those fluffy clouds. sleep tight our precious boy.”

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