What you didn't know about... Old Road

Eventer Michael Ryan tells H&H about the horse who gave 100% but won’t be caught.

Fact file

His ears must be washed with warm water; he doesn’t like cold.
He hates pigs. Ballindenisk used to have a black pot-bellied pig roaming free, which terrified Old Road.
He has competed at three Badmintons, three European Championships and a World Equestrian Games.
He didn’t start eventing until he was seven and moved up to three-star within 18 months.
Michael has not been able to catch him for the past three years, but he does allow the groom to bring him in.