Big Change From Barcelona The change in attitudes that has resulted was described by Carl Hester, 45, who is considered the architect of Britain's success in the equestrian dressage event last week, when the country won its first medals in the event, including team and individual gold.
The change in attitudes that has resulted was described by Carl Hester, 45, who is considered the architect of Britain's success in the equestrian dressage event last week, when the country won its first medals in the event, including team and individual gold.
Controversially, the most favored of Britain's sports have not necessarily been those with the widest base of popular participation and support, but those judged to have the best prospect of medal success, including canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, equestrian, field hockey, rowing, triathlon and track and field, some of them viewed in the past as elitist sports, or at least minor ones.
However, Carpenter was made the lead writer on another of the company's Sunday-teatime series, The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972-74), which took its characters from Anna Sewell's book but owed more to the success of the contemporary ITV equestrian drama Follyfoot.
Britain's success at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, when Bechtolsheimer picked up individual silver and helped GB to team silver in the American state of Kentucky, represented GB's first world dressage medals since 1978.
The Plaza Hotel & Casino's success last year with an outdoor equestrian facility during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo NFRR) prompted the resort to expand this year and make it the first-and-only permanent outdoor equestrian center in downtown Las Vegas.
It was a family affair for Skelton as younger brother Harry rode Superb Story (8-1) to victory in the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle to give them their first Festival success, watched by their father Nick, who won equestrian gold at London 2012.
The success of Yip and Laurentia Tan, who won two bronze medals in equestrian events, sparked public debate about the treatment and recognition of disabled athletes in Singapore.
The announcement came as ParalympicsGB continued their run of medals on Tuesday with successes in the pool, in the archery at Woolwich and the equestrian events at Greenwich Park.
Along with her Olympic successes, van Grunsven has also won numerous medals at the World Equestrian Games.
