has anyone ridden a "famous" horse?

ok, all showjumpers:
combo d l'eau - pennie cornishs coloured stallion.
talan - as above (but he is bay)
twister - as above(chestnut) - 2nd in fox final this year.
caritier z - won the 6yr olds last year at hoys.
Otage - ryan prater now rides him
vaugn de lozana - as above
oakhill supreme - he won the 6yr olds ridden by robert smith! now ridden by dale burnham (i also broke my ankle on him! - he was a tosser to hack sometimes!)
and my favourite,
Very Versace - ridden by ryan prater now - but my favourite from the yard at the time. twister comes a close second though!
 
I got a response to the fan letter I wrote to "Smidget the Worlds smallest horse" when I was a kid
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I also am good friends with a man who rode Two eyed Jack!
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errm rode one of Chris Bartles ex 4* horse (well think was 4* but not word perfect) when having a school master lesson with Jane Bartle Wilson.

Ridden another ex 4* horse at Talland.

Rode a ex pony European eventing meddallist which the huttons bought for Charlie quite a few years ago now (about 8) it was coloured and went by the name of squirrel....

Used to own Nantcol Premier the 12h2 JA jumping machine who now with Amy Inglis (Duncan's daughter)

and have ridden Tiger_eye's William and Deco who are of course very famous (on here)
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Probably not that famous but have hacked out on Huntingdon Squire (George) currently competed by Keith Shore and which won the Grade C class at Bramham this year. I ridden various others belonging to the same owner too.
I also used to muck out and groom Michael Whitakers old ride Didi when he stood at stud near York.
 
Welton Envoy (4* winner)
Jalisco (Hickstead Grand Prix winner)
A Paralympic medal winner, Charlie Hutton's junior team horse, a few up-and-coming sjers, a gold medal winning 148 sj pony and a few others who I hope will become famous!!
 
Not ridden them, but helped care for those that were taken to the Royal Veterinary Corps in Aldershot Hampshire after the Hyde Park Bombing..... Lovely horses with some horrific injuries
 
i won a competition and rode Milton
He was my favourite horse ever, only walked and trotted in an arena but i will NEVER forget it,he was so cheeky!
 
I used to work at a stunt yard where they had horses for tv/fims. My favourite was the horse that was used in Sleepy Hollow (Johnny Depp film) and I used to ride him quite often. I've also ridden a Hickstead Derby horse, but I only know his stable name, so not much use!
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"Miss Glitz" who was sold from Australia to Henry Brett (for just under 6 figures!) she now plays polo all over the world!

"Oakley Vision" *** eventer - who is owned by C Johnstone in NZ I dressage schooled and SJed him when owner was buying horses in Aus.

"Double Trust" **** eventer who was 6th at Burghley with Sarah Bullen - he was then owned by Mike Roberts (trifast allstars teamchasing) I took him to a couple pony club rallies and hunting - that was AMAZING!! A fabulous horse.

Fitness work with Pippa when on "Cornerman" (Charlie) and Jenny - her mother on a young Mandalus bred eventer - who is "Ensign" - I was on a dippy chaser "Punches Hotel" who didnt like having to wait on the long and steady canterwork on the south downs. He incidently still holds the couse and distance record at Fontwell and Sandown - he is 24 now!!

My Trainer is hopeing to go to Badminton, if so I am grooming which I feel honoured to be asked to do!!! - She also trains a young man who has Jenni Falconers winning SJer "J-Lo"
 
not that famous - but perhaps in the south west?

i rode Riviera Reg Clare Rushworth's Grade A quite a few times, I used to work at her yard and hacked him out a lot.

I have also ridden the horse that used to be Lloyd's bank advert - one of the adverts was filmed in a field overlooking our stables in Cornwall and i had a little walk around!

edited to say - it was downlands cancara! how could i forget his name. i was about 12 at the time
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Not me personally but my dad (in the army) once got my mum a ride on the Duke of somethingorother's horse in London - can't even remember his name now but the horse has been on the telly in the trooping of the colour, that counts as famous to me
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A great big huge grey thing it was. I was only about 7 at the time but remember her being towed around the arena and falling off over a tiny cross pole three times, and the men all laughing
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My claim to fame is that when I was little I was in the same riding lesson as Dave Benson-Philips (from Playdays...
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Ive ridden Welton Molecule who was 4* eventer did badminton etc and on the belgium olympic team bred by my friend and sold to Lucy Thompson then to Karl Boekhart (not sure spelling is correct)
Presented back to my friend at Badminton this year to retire.
Learnt flying change on him.
He was like a powerful machine but soooooooo lovely oozes quality
He is now having a nice retirement back with his mummy
 
Eventers-

Headley Brittannia
Topping
Rock Model
Two O Two
Donnizetti - (Italian- 15th Athens Olympics, Andrea got me to do all the fittening work on him and some gridwork too!)
 
Prism - Jack Kidd's grey mare polo pony
We have NZ National Barrell Racing Champion, bloody horse that gave me all my metal work!
"Miss Glitz" (otherwise known as little miss glitter) have ridden lots of her brothers and sisters as she is bred from the same bloodlines as our stallion.
Quite a few JA's when I was a lot younger and seriously competing.

Oh and my own horse Brooklyn who featured in the Faking it programme.
 
Eventers mainly for me too:

Drunken Disorderly (Irish Olympic 4* horse/Eventers GP winner) - even got to ride him around when in Athens!
Quixotic (YR gold medal horse)
Zero Flight (GB YR horse)
plus all the rest of Mark and Tanya Kyle's eventers plus Mark's old Grade A show jumpers, Abalone Cracker and Dawn Cracker
 
DA Steady Vegas - top reining stallion in the UK, when he was four and had been in the country about a month. Thanks Bob, he's a poppet!
 
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