Famous Showjumpers of times gone by..

tristar said:
........i remember dundrum i think he was small as well........ .
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Tommy Wade on Dundrum.
 
Just keeping the post going. How about going right back to the 1930s/1940s when the sport was getting going? Pat Smythe and Dawn and Jill Palethorpe were part of that generation.
 
MurphysMinder said:
Wow, real blast from the past, I remember all of them. I remember seeing Stroller at the HOYS at Wembley, when you were able to walk around the stables and see all the horses and ponies. He really looked tiny amongst the other showjumpers, but had a horses head.
My first pony was a section A bred by Harry Llewellyn at his Foxhunter stud.
Does anyone remember Nautical, ridden by Hugh Wiley, he had the most amazing tail that whirled round as he jumped.
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Nauticaland Hugh Wiley, Walt Disney madea film about him The Horse with the Flying Tail.
 
Great thread..

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 the same ability as them and less of the attitude would have been wonderful..

At the same time does anyone remember a 14.2 show pony called Touchdown, loved him.
 
Can anyone ..... please, please, please ..... go far enough back [early 60's I believe]. I remember going to the cinema as a Christmas treat from the yard owners where I worked when still a schoolgirl. I am sure the film was Blue Hawaii, but it was the b movie that excited me. A strong minded horse starting life in the States, and ended up being David Broome's Sunsalve. I remember seeing it like I saw it yesterday, but cannot remember the name, nor anything about it in Google. Are your brains ticking away? Anyone else remember it?
Grateful thanks if you can stop me going into overdrive
 
How much better and more fun everything was when showjumpers trawlled the sales and the hunting field instead if the purpose bred stuff nowadays.
 
Horsesforever1 said:
How much better and more fun everything was when showjumpers trawlled the sales and the hunting field instead if the purpose bred stuff nowadays.
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It was but that's what happens once money becomes too important in a sport. A lot of the riders were either farmers or farmer's sons so it was a natural progression from hunting and Pony Club and finding horses in unusual situations that doesn't happen very often now. Was it Harvester that Harvey found pulling a milk float and I know Nizefella did his share of work too?

Have to repeat myself, this is a great thread and brings back so many memories.:)
 
meandkudos said:
Can anyone ..... please, please, please ..... go far enough back [early 60's I believe]. I remember going to the cinema as a Christmas treat from the yard owners where I worked when still a schoolgirl. I am sure the film was Blue Hawaii, but it was the b movie that excited me. A strong minded horse starting life in the States, and ended up being David Broome's Sunsalve. I remember seeing it like I saw it yesterday, but cannot remember the name, nor anything about it in Google. Are your brains ticking away? Anyone else remember it?
Grateful thanks if you can stop me going into overdrive
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was wrong about Sunsalve starting life in the States, but the filming of him out hunting was very American like. He was bred by Oliver Anderson in Norfolk in 1950 and prior to David Broome having him he was owned & ridden by Elizabeth Anderson. I really hope my memory isn't playing tricks.
 
meandkudos said:
was wrong about Sunsalve starting life in the States, but the filming of him out hunting was very American like. He was bred by Oliver Anderson in Norfolk in 1950 and prior to David Broome having him he was owned & ridden by Elizabeth Anderson. I really hope my memory isn't playing tricks.
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I knew you were wrong about it being Sunsalve but could it have been Nautical (spl) ridden by Hugh Wiley, I'm sure there was a film about him about that time by Disney I expect.

Doh, just gone back and seen that someone already posted about that, sorry!
 
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Thank you Maesfen
you are probably right, but for 50 years I thought I had seen David Broome and Sunsalve in that film, didn't realise I'd had such a wonky memory for so long!
It was still a wonderful film!
 
Funny how we remember the names from years ago - I can hardly name a show jumper, horse or rider, now. I suppose it was as you grow up they were people we saw on TV.

I used to know the grooms at Alison Dawes ne Westwood who won a lot with The Maverick, she bought it cheap as it had the biggest ever buck. (Went to a party at the grooms' house once - never drank gin again!!!!)

I can remember the D'Inzeos brothers from Italy (forgive spelling) they were such stylish riders and their horses went smoothy round whereas the Brits could be a bit rough and ready. I suppose that is why they started buying from the continent as the horses were purpose bred to jump the tracks. Although in the early days the Brits used to go abroad, by train too hearing some of the takes, and win at all the glamourous shows.

Eventing took over the "glamour" as the thing everone wanted to do, and now it is dressage even more.
 
ORANGEHORSE said:
I can remember the D'Inzeos brothers from Italy (forgive spelling) they were such stylish riders and their horses went smoothy round whereas the Brits could be a bit rough and ready. I suppose that is why they started buying from the continent as the horses were purpose bred to jump the tracks. Although in the early days the Brits used to go abroad, by train too hearing some of the takes, and win at all the glamourous shows.
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The d'Inzeos (fabulous riders BTW) usually rode Irish horses especially sourced for them and fantastic horses they were too. It wasn't until much later that continental horses became a regular thing at all. I can remember (but not who, might have been Ted Edgar or Harvey or even an owner) actually going abroad to buy a show jumper and everyone thought they were mad and it would never catch on! :rolleyes:
 
Maesfen said:
The d'Inzeos (fabulous riders BTW) usually rode Irish horses especially sourced for them and fantastic horses they were too. It wasn't until much later that continental horses became a regular thing at all. I can remember (but not who, might have been Ted Edgar or Harvey or even an owner) actually going abroad to buy a show jumper and everyone thought they were mad and it would never catch on! :rolleyes:
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Had a good banter with Harvey at Cartmel races last week, I backed one of their winners, primarily because it had the hairiest heels I have ever seen on a TB, Cartmel is a track for hairy heeled, short coupled horses that like galloping over mogul fields!
He said to my mum he would clip its heels if my mum showed her legs to prove they were less hairy :D!
 
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