Mark Todd buys intermediate champion ODT Land Vision
Mark Todd has marked his return to the eventing world with the purchase of promising young horse ODT Land Vision from Andrew Cawthray.
Seven-year-old Land Vision won the British Intermediate Championships at Gatcome in August, ridden by Oliver Townend.
Alongside Todd’s Olympic mount Gandalf, Land Vision forms the foundation of the 52-year-old New Zealander’s return to four-star three-day eventing, with a view to basing himself here in Britain during 2009.
New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd backed Todd’s Beijing campaign financially and has agreed to continue sponsorship.
Next year Todd has pencilled in Badminton CCI**** and possibly Burghley CCI**** for Gandalf, whom he believes could be top-class.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.