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Tales from Rio: ‘He’s the most brave breeding stallion in the world’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘We had no money; I did Polly Pocket commercials to pay for lessons’ -
Tales from Rio: A million reasons to love this rider -
Tales from Rio: ‘My last Olympics was 28 years ago — in a different discipline’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘The hard times have made our bond even closer as a team’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘I found out I was jumping today at 7am’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘I was on 21 painkillers, but I had to qualify for the Olympics’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘It took two years to rehabilitate him; now I only school him once a week’ -
Tales from Rio: Why it was ‘wee wee’ rather than ‘oui oui’ for the French yesterday -
Tales from Rio: ‘I used to be a hairdresser — I’ve done our team trainer’s hair’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘I read my horse love stories — it makes him calm down and tune in’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘I hope I make the freestyle so I can express my flamboyant Spanish character’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘He’s nuts — his difficulty has always been his brain’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘We walk to McDonalds for date night in the Athletes’ Village’ -
Tales from Rio: ‘It’s like watching Avatar — all these beautiful bodies, except not blue’ -
Tales from Rio: The horse bought at auction for half a million Euros who nearly died -
Tales from Rio: The incredible comeback from cancer, facial reconstructive surgery and a superbug -
Tales from Rio: Ruy Fonseca and the ‘modern, nippy’ horse who went from 0* to 4* in a year -
Tales from Rio: ‘We only have 41 athletes — it’s inspiring to see lots of other small countries’
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