Primmore's Pride was a 7/8

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thorough ...

gelding A gelding (Help:IPA/English, /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/) is a castration, castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. The term is also used with certain other animals and livestock, such as domesticated Camelidae, camels. By compa ...

. Known as "Kiri", he was

foal A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt (horse), colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. Whe ...

ed in 1993, bred by Roger & Joanna Day, the offspring of Mayhill (sire) and Primmore Hill (dam). He was owned by Denise & Roger Lincoln and ridden by

Pippa Funnell Philippa Rachel "Pippa" Funnell MBE (née Nolan, 7 October 1968) is an equestrian sportswoman who competes in eventing. In 2003, she became the first person to win the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing (consecutive wins at Rolex Kentucky, Badminto ...

, who achieved the Grand Slam of eventing in 2003 by winning the

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Badminton Horse Trials The Badminton Horse Trials is a five-day event, one of only seven annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). It takes place in May each year in the park of ...

, and

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while riding Primmore's Pride. Primmore's Pride was retired after a ligament injury after winning Badminton in 2005. Primmore's Pride was euthanized 20 March 2023 at the age of 30.

Eventing results

* 1st Burghley Young Event Horse Final as a 5-year-old * 1st Le Lion d'Anger 7 year old World Championship * 4th Blenheim CCI*** 2001 * 2nd Punchestown CCI*** 2002 * 6th Burghley 2002 * 2nd British Open Championships Gatcombe and National Champion 2002 * 1st Rolex Kentucky 2003 * 1st Burghley 2003 * Team Silver Athens Olympics 2004 * Individual Bronze Athens Olympics 2004 * 1st Badminton 2005

References

External links

Equestrianism: Funnell's Pride of place
{{DEFAULTSORT:Primmore's Pride 1993 animal births Eventing horses Horses in the Olympics 2023 animal deaths