He has been ridden by Pippa since having been produced by former European Junior champion Anna Wilks who previoulsy produced young horses at the Billy Stud. He was 12 th in his first four-star at Burghley in United Kingdom, Dam Shannon Line Golden Bash.
ISH, Ireland, Dam Brown Sue Flagmount King. AES, United Kingdom, Dam Dollar Day Cavalier. Unknown, Ireland, Pippa trains with Tracie Robinson and William Funnell. Pippa Funnell always wanted to be a rider, and when she was sixteen, she persuaded her parents to allow her to leave school, after which she based herself with Ruth McMullin and she was on her way. After winning Badminton in , Funnelll did not win an international event for five years.
With Ensign, she finished ninth at the Europeans. A fall at Badminton in put paid to them being picked. The pair were chosen for the Sydney Olympics and they returned home from Australia having been the outstanding combination for the silver medal winning team. She successfully won both European titles in but had a disappointing show at the World Equestrian Games in where she had to be satisfied with only a team bronze.
This proved only to be a temporary setback and she rose to the top of the world rankings by winning all three constituent events of the Grand Slam of Eventing Burghley, Badminton and Lexington in This was the first time the feat had ever been achieved in the same year.
Also in she added a fifth European title leading the British team and was third individually.
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