Horse & Hound

'The ride of my life'

"I just had to point and go" Ginny Elliot

"EVEN though it was a very long time ago, those are memories that will last forever,” says Ginny Elliot, who considers herself lucky to have had, in her stellar career, two standout rides that she’ll never forget. One was on Priceless the year they won Badminton in 1985, the other with Master Craftsman at the Europeans at Burghley in 1989, when they won gold.

“It was rather like going along a railway track,” she says. “They were both so smooth and focused. Nothing went wrong; they did their job and all I had to do was point and go. It was quite extraordinary; they were so zoned in. If you look at the relationship that’s built up over the years, and the huge trust you have in each other; they were amazing. Never to be forgotten.”

At the time, Ginny knows she may not have appreciated the magic of each round.

“There’s so much going on, and so much to think about, and every time you

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