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proudest! tell us about laura. i - proudest! tell us about laura. i imagine she was pony mads? she was, riaht imagine she was pony mads? she was, ri . ht from imagine she was pony mads? she was, right from before imagine she was pony mads? she was, right from before she imagine she was pony mads? she was, right from before she was imagine she was pony mads? she was, right from before she was two, - imagine she was pony mads? she was, right from before she was two, she - right from before she was two, she used to sleep with a hardback cover picture book of horses instead of a pillow and she has always put the horses, first, second, third and last in her life. horses, first, second, third and last in her life. you do have to be single-minded last in her life. you do have to be single-minded to last in her life. you do have to be single-minded to get last in her life. you do have to be single-minded to get to - last in her life. you do have to be single-minded to get to top -
luc . acclimatise? we are very, very lucky- we acclimatise? we are very, very lucky. we have acclimatise? we are very, very lucky. we have an acclimatise? we are very, very lucky. we have an amazing - acclimatise? we are very, very - lucky. we have an amazing support crew, and yes, i mean, taking horses right the way across the world is a huge undertaking, but it s something that an awful lot of research has gone into, and it s something that, i have to say, we are very good at doing, and the horses come out of it extremely fresh, extremely well, and the facilities in tokyo have been absolutely world class. they do not want for anything over there. thea;r want for anything over there. they robabl want for anything over there. they probably feel want for anything over there. they probably feel better want for anything over there. they probably feel better when we get out of an economy class flight or that way! just one final thing though, helen, we are eager to know, the horse
standing relationships with those horses, so those three riders have all produced those horses from very young horses, and they have been with those riders for pretty much all of their career. so i think, for me, that really shone through this week, just the strength of that connection, there is no substitute for that. so in this sport it tends to be, to be honest, that as a writer, you know, you find the horses that best suit you and you look for the sort of attributes that you view as key, but at the end of the day, it is massively a relationship between both. the horse has to like you, that s for sure. yes, you usually know when they don t like you, i seem to recall, from a horse riding days full stop tell me how this is going to affect the sport. gold medals, tom mcewen has his silver in the individual event, what does that do for the profile and popularity of eventing? oh, gosh, it is such a good news