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‘I fell for King William instantly’: how love at first sight for Mary King grew into one of the greatest eventing partnerships of all timeAs we await this month’s European Eventing Championships, we look back at the career of three-time European medallist King William. Mary King’s 1992 Badminton victor won two European team golds, plus individual bronze, world team gold, contested two Olympics and garnered celebrity status with his distinctive blaze and flair across country. Madeleine Silver charts his success
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A pre-Burghley toast to the magical Murphy Himself – the daredevil grey that famously took out strides at the world’s biggest fencesThe exuberant eventer captured the public’s imagination with two of Britain’s greatest riders at the helm – bursting into the public eye with a win at Burghley at the precocious age of seven. In this piece from the , archives, Madeleine Silver charts Murphy Himself’s rise to stardom
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