Boyd and Neville have delivered yet another great performance–this time on prime time network TV. Boyd and Neville were featured on Wednesday night as part of the NBC show “Rock Center” with Brian Williams. The show told the story of Neville’s purchase, the tragic fire and Boyd saving Neville, Neville’s miraculous recovery, and his hopes for the Olympics. As expected, the story is incredibly emotional and I’ll admit that I had to wipe my eyes a couple times. The appearance was a great opportunity to show a national prime time audience the very best that eventing has to offer–resilience, wonderful horses, and tremendous teamwork and it ensures that they will get national media attention throughout their quest for the Olympics. This kind of feature helps to turn Neville and Boyd into national representatives for our sport. In a few years you are going to meet young riders who will tell you that they started eventing because of a show they saw about Boyd and Neville on NBC one spring evening.
And yes, you heard Brian correctly at the end of the interview–he said movie rights to the Neville story have been sold.
If the video is not showing in your browser, click here.
Go Boyd and Neville.
