Double Olympic team gold medallist and world number one eventer Tom McEwen has become a father.
Tom and his wife Harriet welcomed a baby boy on 29 November, weighing 8lbs1oz. The couple have yet to reveal his name.
“Welcome to the world,” said Tom.
“This little guy changing our lives together. Harri is doing well and is already an incredible mamma.”
Tom thanked the “amazing” maternity staff at Gloucester hospital, and everyone for their “lovely, kind messages”.
Tom and Harriet married in autumn 2023, and in July, ahead of the Paris Olympics, they revealed they were expecting their first child; Tom said at the time it “definitely feels like we are getting towards the final parts of growing up”.
Harriet was with Tom in Paris, where he won team gold with JL Dublin, alongside Laura Collett and London 52 and Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo. The Olympic medal was Tom’s third, having won team gold and individual silver in Tokyo in 2021 with Toledo de Kerser.
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Tom has had a brilliant 2024, finishing second at the Kentucky Three-Day five-star in spring with JL Dublin, second at the Luhmühlen five-star in June with CHF Cooliser, and third at Pau five-star with Brookfield Quality.
In August he became world number one in the FEI eventing world rankings for the first time, having moved up from third.
“This wouldn’t be possible without some incredibly important people and horses in my life,” Tom said at the time.
Following the conclusion of the eventing season, Tom remains in the top spot, ahead of Tim Price in second and Ros Canter in third.
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Since joining H&H in 2018, Becky has covered a broad range of equestrian news including welfare matters, veterinary studies, FEI Tribunal hearings and road safety campaigns. She has also interviewed top riders including Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to name just a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, as well as the Royal Highland and Blair Castle International Horse Trials closer to home. She was also a key part of the remote reporting team for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.
