Thank you Nick Skelton! Moments we won’t forget in pictures

Nick Skelton and Lastic winning the high jump at Olympia in 1978. Setting the record at 2.32m
Nick Skelton and Lastic winning the high jump at Olympia in 1978. Setting the record at 2.32m
(Image credit: Clive Hills)

Following today's news that Nick Skelton and Big Star are to retire from competition, we take a look back at some memorable moments from the 59-year-old's career. Don’t miss our Nick Skelton commemorative issue, where we celebrate his 40-year-career in full, in 18 May issue of H&H magazine

Madeleine Silver
Former features editor

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.