Despite its disrupted schedule, next week eventing will become the first equestrian discipline to announce its team for London 2012. Selectors ripped up their protocols after the costly wet-weather cancellations of Badminton and Chatsworth, and the f…
Category Archive: nick skelton
May
20
London 2012 Olympics: Skelton finally set for a podium place
Nick Skelton has won 18 world and European championship medals in his 35-year senior career but the Olympic podium has somehow evaded him. Finally his time has come: selection for London 2012 is a given, leaving Skelton merely with the enviable pro…
Feb
05
London 2012 Olympics: ‘Snow bird’ Skelton finds fabulous form in Florida
While fellow riders battle with the freezing auto-routes of Germany, Holland and France, Nick Skelton has eschewed the European winter indoor show jumping circuit and is making hay in the sunny climes of Florida. It’s week four of 12 in the annual ho…
Dec
04
London 2012 Olympics: Olympia ready for Olympian early skirmish
If you didn’t get a ticket for show jumping at London 2012, the London International Horse Show at Olympia (December 13-19) offers one of only two possible opportunities before Greenwich to see most of the main contenders competing on British so…
Sep
20
London 2012 Olympics: ‘silver surfers’ have an eye on Olympic gold
Britain’s two bronze medals at the European show jumping championships in Madrid conclude a particularly successful season for equestrian Team GB. Although the eventers’ bronze in Luhmuhlen was a little below expectations, this is the first tim…
Jul
09
London 2012 Olympics: still a lot of water to push uphill
Cross-country day in Greenwich Park stands out as one of the most enjoyable I will experience this year. The park was sun-drenched, the vistas exceeded the hype, the enthusiasm of first-time spectators added to the ambience, and somehow we got away w…