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Tributes have been paid to former European champion British showjumper Paddy McMahon, who has died at the age of 87.
Paddy, who enjoyed huge success and popularity at the height of his career, died suddenly and peacefully, in the company of his three children, Patricia, Elizabeth and Peter, on Sunday (4 April).
Paddy and Penwood Forgemill dominated the sport in the 1970s, including winning, in one six-day period in 1973, individual gold at the European Championships at Hickstead, and the
Horse & Hound Cup and the King George V Gold Cup at the Royal International Horse Show.
The combination enjoyed success in grands prix and Nations Cups across the world. They were on the British team that won the Dublin Horse Show Nations Cup leg in 1973 and 1975; Britain also won in 1974, and the hat-trick meant they kept the Aga Khan trophy.