Anneli Drummond- Hay
“WE don’t like talking about age,” says 82-year-old Anneli Drummond-Hay. “Apollo and I have a combined age of 103, but he still thinks he’s young. I’m very chicken nowadays and only jump up to 1.20m classes. I used to jump much bigger but I stay in my comfort zone.”
“Much bigger” in Anneli’s eyes means a world record for ladies’ puissance, victories at both Badminton and Burghley, European showjumping gold, the Hickstead Derby and dozens of international grands prix. She is the only rider to have been shortlisted for the same Olympics in all three disciplines, and has represented both Britain and South Africa, where she has lived since 1972, bar a spell in the
