your equine hero when you were growing up

[welsh horse rider]

I know someone has probably already posted this
as in the title

which horse was your equine hero when you were growing up???
mine was Everest Milton always entered comps to meet him too but never won

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pxwYCURa3U
my fave video of him

 

[Louby]

Ryans Son, now thats going back a few years

 

[welsh horse rider]

Ryans Son, now thats going back a few years

I remember him i think.... maybe a tiny bit before my time as in before i remembered names xx

 

[TinselRider]

Milton

Also had a soft spot for wiston bridget and Bonfire

 

[miss_bird]

Ryans Son, then Milton, then Its Otto

Harvey Smith, Nick Stelton, John Whittaker, Geoff Billington, Franakie Sloothak

 

[missyme10]

Milton for me also
Nashwaan, still my favourite race horse today.

Also loved Desert Orchid, although I was just grown up by then.

No particular humans though :L

 

[amandap]

Stroller. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroller_(horse)

I liked Ryans Son too but Stroller was my fav because he was so big hearted in a little fella.

 

[MissMincePie&Brandy]

I had a big poster of Ryans Son on my bedroom wall. I'm pretty sure it was from Horse and Pony magazine, as they did the centre page as a pull out poster, and my bedroom was covered in them .

 

[Sparkles]

Arko III

I was stalkerish obsessed with him.

 

[Dolcé]

Stroller, Mattie Brown, Ryans Son and of course Mr Vee! Oohh, I feel all nostalgic now!

 

[welsh horse rider]

lol i liked It's Otto and Bonfire too..... ArkoIII when i was older
bye my fave was Milton

 

[shoo]

Ryans son, Sefton and Nick Skelton

 

[zefragile]

Legal Democrat and Milton.

 

[Dolcé]

Aw, I forgot about Sefton.............

 

[Depp_by_Chocolate]

It was Milton, Ryan's Son, Murphy Himself, Sir Barnaby, Priceless, Apollo can't remember any others at the moment.

 

[Lexie81]

I loved Milton! But my absolute favourite was Mary King's King William, I got to meet him and Mary at Badminton when i was about 12 and i nearly wet myself. He was just as gorgeous in the flesh!

 

[Balibee]

The first horse I fell in love with was Ryans Son.

Milton
Diester
Night Cap
Priceless
Be Fair
murphy Himself
Sefton

My favourite SJ's were/are John and Michael, Geoff Billington, Ludger Beerbaum.
Eventers, Ginny Leng, Lucinda P-P, Ian Stark and Mark Todd

 

[Bay_Beasty]

I loved Milton! But my absolute favourite was Mary King's King William,

ME TOO ME TOO ME TOOO!!!! I love Mary King, I actually do, she is so lovely in flesh too, I even got to me the legendary Impy last year at Highclere and I was chatting to her about his round (He was there this year but was a little excited). Oh man, Mary King is my Utter Heroine. But I also have a massive soft spot for Pippa Funnel and Bits and Pieces. That little guy was AMAZING too.

 

[Andalusianlover]

Ryans Son, Philco, Boomerang, Marius, Milton, Diester, Oki Doki

Racehorse wise I liked Red Rum, Pendil, Desert Orchid

I'll prob remember a few more later!

 

[Honey08]

I met Desert Orchid - it was a real nasty pasty!

Miine were -

Milton, Night cap (because everyone always preferred Priceless!), and Murphy Himself.

 

[riding_high]

everest forever, liz and marie edgar.
nick skelton, geoff billington, harvey smith.
ryans son
sefton

 

[humblepie]

Another Diester, glad to see so many mentions of him (albeit I was grown up by then!)

Also Psalm and Pennwood Forge Mill - was at HOYS the year he won the GP and nearly brought the house down.

 

[Balibee]

You couldn't help but love Paul Schockemöhle and Deister. They were a classic pairing.

I was only about 11 or 12 when he was at his best but I used to love watching them.

 

[Seahorse]

I had a big poster of Ryans Son on my bedroom wall. I'm pretty sure it was from Horse and Pony magazine, as they did the centre page as a pull out poster, and my bedroom was covered in them .

I had that too! I even wrote to Jim'll Fix It to ask if I could meet him, but I never did

Def Ryans Son for me and then Milton. I went to the 'Simply the Best' tour with John Whitaker and Geoff Billington way back in 1994 and JW rode Milton into the arena wand me and friend both cried, it was amazing. My claim to fame that day was as Milton cantered past me a bit of the surface flicked up and hit me on the arm!!
I got a signed t shirt that day and still have it now...

 

[Seahorse]

It was Milton, Ryan's Son, Murphy Himself, Sir Barnaby, Priceless, Apollo can't remember any others at the moment.

I went hunting and Pippa was there on Sir Barnaby, it was amazing we ended up riding together and jumped a massive hedge with a ditch in front of it side by side

 

[Pipkin]

Milton!!! I loved him, every poster on my wall was of him and only him
also was quite a fan of It`s Otto!!!

 

[Allie5]

Murphy Himself
Bits and Pieces
King William
Milton

Current faves are
Apache Sauce
Opposition Buzz
Shutterfly
Glasgow

oooh I also had a real soft spot for Downlands Cancarra! So much so at the grand age of 28 I got my very own black horse!

 

[Seahorse]

Legal Democrat and Milton.

Legal Democrat was my favourite ever dressage horse, I was at Addington once with Bar and she was warming up for the GP, Carl was in there on Legal Democrat along with a few other top riders. Something spooked all the horses and they all bolted to the other end of the school, Carl was halfway through a pirouette and his horse just carried on and stood there like nothing had happened! Carl was laughing and patting him for being such a good boy
I even managed to pat him that day too, just after that. I didn't wash my hand for ages lol!

 

[cronkmooar]

Ryans Son, Philco, Boomerang, Marius, Milton, Diester, Oki Doki

Racehorse wise I liked Red Rum, Pendil, Desert Orchid

I'll prob remember a few more later!

Glad someone else put Boomerang - he was an absolute star. I watched him at Dublin one year and its still one of my faviourite things I look back on

 

[Kat]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Charisma yet!!!!!

He was one of my favourites. And Milton of course!

I remember the posters of the famous horses on the back of Horse Sense Magazine..... the ones of Priceless, Get Smart, Aldaniti, Ryan's Son stick in my memory most, but I pretty much loved anything on four legs and didn't really have favourites.