The early days: Sailor was bought for Richard when he was nine-years-old and taught him some important lessons in producing and selling. “When I outgrew Sailor my parents told me there was no extra money to buy another one — whatever we got from Sailor would be the only money for my next pony,” remembers Richard. “So I got busy schooling him and thinking about the best way to market him. I made up an advert and eventually — having made a small profit — I shook hands on a deal.”
1993: Goodwood
Richard Davison and Master TCB
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Richard at Goodwood with Master JCB, the horse bought for him by Sir and Lady Bamford, who he went on to win his first European medal with in the same year at Lipica.
1996: Val d’Isere
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Richard donned his breeches and tailcoat and hit the slopes to raise money in the run up to the Atlanta Olympics, in the days before any meaningful Lottery funding was available to equestrian teams.
1998: World Equestrian Games, Rome
Richard Davison and Hiscox Askari
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Richard and Hiscox Askari at the World Equestrian Games in Rome, where the British team finished in eighth position.
2005: Hickstead Dressage
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Richard and the Hanoverian gelding Hiscox Karachi at Hickstead.
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2008: Olympia
Richard Davison riding Artemis
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Richard and the 16.2hh bay gelding Hiscox Artemis at Olympia.
2010: National Dressage Championships
Richard Davison (GBR)&Hiscox Artemis - Dressage Deluxe Grand Prix Freestyle Championship - Dressage Deluxe National Dressage Championships 2010, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - 12 September 2010
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Richard and Hiscox Artemis in the grand prix freestyle championship at the National Dressage Championships at Stoneleigh in 2010.
2011: Olympia
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Richard and Hiscox Artemis at Olympia.
2012: Olympic Games, London
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Richard flies the flag for Britain as an individual at the London Olympics with Hiscox Artemis.
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
