HRH The Princess Royal unveils BHS Equestrian Hall of Fame
wall of honour
HRH The Princess Royal today unveiled a wall of plaques at
the Household Cavalry's Hyde Park Barracks - as a permanent
home for The British Horse Society's Equestrian Hall of Fame.
The ceremony - at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment's
headquarters in Knightsbridge - was attended by many of the
BHS Equestrian Hall of Fame’s Laureates.
As a BHS Hall of Fame Laureate, HRH The Princess Royal was
herself presented with a certificate, along with top eventer
Pippa Funnell, both of whom have plaques on the wall of honour.
The BHS’s Chairman Patrick Print FBHS said: “It
is more than two years since we launched the BHS Equestrian
Hall of Fame and it is fitting that it now has a wall of commemorative
plaques.
“We hope visitors will come in their droves to see
these wonderful, lasting tributes to the truly great equestrians
and horses of times past and present.”
BHS President Desi Dillingham spoke about the Hall of Fame
at the unveiling.
At a champagne reception before the unveiling, five new Laureates
were inducted into the BHS Equestrian Hall of Fame: top eventer
William Fox-Pitt, Olympic gold medallist Mary Gordon-Watson,
and three more great horses, Nizefela, The Poacher and Everest
Forever. Full citations are in the editors' notes below.
The BHS’s Equestrian Hall of Fame was launched in July
2005 with 20 great equestrians and 16 remarkable horses honoured.
The riders (or drivers) included HRH The Princess Royal,
Harvey Smith, Colonel Sir Michael Ansell, Cynthia Haydon and
Ginny Leng. The horses included Sefton, Milton, and Be Fair.
Additional Laureates including HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,
Captain Mark Phillips, Nick Skelton and Douglas Bunn, and
more legendary horses, such as Beethoven, Tosca, Arko III
and Shear H2O, were announced at later events.
The BHS is most grateful to the Household Cavalry Mounted
Regiment and its Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. Ralph Griffin
LG, who have kindly given permission for their wall to become
the home of the BHS Equestrian Hall of Fame.
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