Jeanette Brakewell on the 34-year-old Over To You: ‘He can still be giddy coming in from the field’

Pippa Roome's avatar
By
Published In Features
Jeanette Brakewell and Over to You at the 2002 World Championships in Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez 2006 - Jeanette Brakewell and Over to You
(Image credit: Trevor Meeks)

British team legend Over To You, winner of eight championship medals include individual silver at the 2002 World Championships, is still going strong at 34 years old, says his rider Jeanette Brakewell.

“He’s still being shod. He still has his teeth and he’s still vaccinated. His body looks old, but his eye is still quite young and his face is still very young and he can still be grumpy,” says Jeanette in an interview on episode 120 of the Horse & Hound Podcast.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.