Mac Cone (born August 23, 1952, in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

, United States) is a Canadian citizen who competes in

show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including th ...

. At the

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in Beijing, Cone won the

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as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with

Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood (born November 1, 1962) is a Canadian Equestrian Team member who competes in show jumping. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Henselwood (riding her horse Special Ed) won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in tea ...

Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze (born April 17, 1968) is a Canadian retired showjumper and Olympic champion. He won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, riding his famed horse Hickstead. Lamaze has won three Olympic medals, as well as four ...

, and Ian Millar. He rides a 12-year-old

Dutch Warmblood A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN), which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses ...

gelding A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. Castration, as well as the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male equine to be calmer and better-behaved, makin ...

named Ole. Mac also rides an 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood named Unanimous. Unanimous is by Andiamo and is owned by Southern Ways Limited and the Unanimous Group. Mac Cone is the only rider to have ridden as a member of both the Canadian Equestrian Team and the

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. He currently lives in King City, Ontario, Canada where he coaches at the Southern Ways equestrian facility.

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1952 births Living people Canadian male equestrians Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Sportspeople from King, Ontario Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee Olympic medalists in equestrian Canadian show jumping riders Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics American emigrants to Canada Pan American Games medalists in equestrian Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Equestrians at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian people 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub