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Equestrian Legends Episode 16 – Betty Ann Lester
Betty Ann Gilbert Lester is an all-round horsewoman who has succeeded in several equestrian disciplines and regarded with reverence by the equestrian community where she has spent her life in Pennsylvania. Growing up against the background of WWII she soon took to the hunting field with the Rose Tree Hunt Club and Radnor Hunt and then enjoyed competing in both hunters and jumpers.
Equestrian Legends Episode 15 – Dawn Palethorpe-Wofford
Dawn Palethorpe-Wofford is a British show jumper, Pony Club executive and author. She represented Great Britain on several winning Nations Cup teams, was selected for the 1956 Stockholm Olympics where she met here husband Warren Wofford and the 1960 Rome Olympics. She won the silver medal at the 1960 Ladies European Championship, the Aachen Puissance and the Queen Elizabeth Cup in 1955 and ’56 as well as numerous other national prizes.
Equestrian Legends Episode 14 – Max Ammann
Max was the co-founder and first President of the International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists in 1974. He has also served as President of the Swiss press Association and was awarded a Gold Medal for World Cup Jumping, Equestrian personality of the Year by the International Jumping Riders Club
Equestrian Legends Episode 13 – Endurance Rider Julie Suhr
Californian Julie Suhr has broken records in Endurance competitions and milestones in horseback adventures around the globe. With a recorded 30,282 miles in competition which represents 63 one hundred mile rides and almost 500 fifty mile rides, Julie last completed the Tevis Cup at the age of 76 although four years later she made her final attempt and came within two miles of another record finish.. Listen in…
Equestrian Legends Episode 12 – Olympic Eventer Mike Page
Michael Owen Page is an Olympic event rider who won multiple medals for the USA during the ’60′s. His international career included three Olympic Games (Rome, Tokyo and Mexico) and three Pan American Games (Chicago, Sao Paolo and Winnipeg). At the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games he placed fourth individually and earned team silver riding Grasshopper and at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games on Foster he won individual bronze and team silver. Listen in…
