Awesome
Foursome
Horsemen

This page is dedicated to the Aussie Awesome Foursome Horsemen who recently did extremely well in the Team Three Day Event competition at a recent "sports carnival" held in Sydney!!

The Awesome Foursome Horsemen are made up of ..

Andrew Hoy and his horse Darien Powers (gold medalist 1992, 1996, 2000, Silver 2000)
Matt Ryan and his horse Kibah Sandstone (gold medalist in team & individual 1992, gold 2000)
Phillip Dutton and his horse House Doctor (gold medalist 1996 & 2000)
Stuart Tinney and his horse Jeepster (Gold medalist 2000 competing in his first "sports carnival"!)

News - 18 November 2000
Some sad news - Swizzle In, the horse Andrew Hoy rode into 2nd place in the individual 3 Day Event was euthanased after a tragic accident.

Andrew and Darien Powers                             Up close & personal with Andrew Hoy
turning it on for the judges in
an exquisite extended trot!

Walking the X-Country course with Gillian Rolton,
she is working out the strides a horse will take between
two elements of one jump.  This is at the "Ginger Meggs Kennel".
Gillian is a dual Gold Medalist from Barcelona in 1992
and Atlanta 1996 with her horse Peppermint Grove who was retired after Atlanta. 
You may remember in Atlanta Gillian broke her collar bone and cracked several ribs in a fall but remounted Peppermint Grove and continued on to the horrendous water jump where she got into more difficulty ........  but with her efforts the team still won the gold!

Andrew Hoy and Darien Powers tackle the "Orphans School Seat".
Andrew is now a triple Gold medalist in the Team 3 Day Event,
Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000,
(twice with the above horse Darien Powers) and a few days later he
won Silver in the Individual 3 Day Event on Swizzle In.

Stuart Tinney and Jeepster clear the second element of the second water jump.
They continue on to a clear round.

Stuart Tinney and Jeepster in the final day of the 3 Day Event

Andrew Hoy and Darien Powers are the last to compete in the jumping round
and are not too far from riding into history and that Gold medal!

Celebration Time!!
The riders have received their Gold medals and are now on their Victory Gallop
(hum the main theme from "The Man From Snowy River")

The Gold Medalists
From left to right:  Andrew Hoy & Darien Powers, Phillip Dutton & House Doctor,
Matt Ryan & Kibah Sandstone, Stuart Tinney & Jeepster.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!

Individual 3 Day Event

Photo's of Andrew Hoy and horse Swizzle In in action in the Dressage,
Cross Country and Jumping phase of the event.

Victory Gallop with, left to right, David O'Connor, Mark Todd and Andrew Hoy.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!

$5 Million Stallion

The horse Baloubet Du Rouet ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa from Brasil
is reportedly worth a staggering $5 million!!!!!

Baloubet Du Rouet was a very impresive horse to watch and Rodrigo Pessoa had steered the horse magnificantly over the 2 1/2 days up until the last round. 

They were in the lead, but on a terribly windy day the "lighthouse jump"
at the top of the above photo would be their down fall. 
Baloubet Du Rouet refused the jump 3 times and was disqualified.
The crowd gasped as one each time the horse refused and were totally stunned at the outcome.
(Basically, the combination of Pessoa and Baloubet Du Rouet were expected to win!)

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Page updated 18 November 2000
Page created 4 October 2000
Pictures taken by Ollie