We’ve been enjoying following along with Equilume sponsored rider Phillip Dutton each Thursday as he takes a trip down memory lane to recall relationships with the special horses who have defined his career. A couple weeks ago we took a moment to remember True Blue Girdwood, Phillip’s partner for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games when his original competitive nationality, Australia, won Team Gold.
“True” Blue Girdwood represents half of the namesake of the farm in West Grove, Pennsylvania, where Phillip is based: True Prospect Farm. The other half — “Prospect” — is a tribute to another of Phillip’s legend partners, Sky’s Prospect.
The flea bitten grey American Thoroughbred (Tank’s Prospect x Third and Ten), born in 1987, was a steeplechase horse bought by Tim and Nina Gardner, the first horse of many eventers that Phillip would go on to ride for them.
“He was incredibly honest on cross country and had quite a high knee action on the flat,” Phillip recalls. “The main area we had to work on was his show jumping, where he was quick to go flat and low, like he’d been taught racing. He did very well, including winning the Fair Hill CCI3* and a top-10 finish at Bramham. He also jumped around clean at Burghley, representing Australia in the 1997 Open European Championships.”
Thursday again already which means it’s time to dig into the archives….something pretty special today: Sky’s Prospect,…
Posted by Phillip Dutton Eventing on Thursday, July 16, 2020
Go Phillip. Go Eventing!
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