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EQUESTRIAN
“Teaching Madonna was
an event to remember!”
We caught up with Dorset-based international eventer William Fox-Pitt on a
visit to the Island’s Lake Farm, and discovered more about the top-class
horseman - including the part he played in teaching pop icon Madonna.
He wasn’t exactly born in the saddle, but 37
year-old William Fox-Pitt could be said to
have horsemanship in his genes. His mother
rode for the British eventing team and his
father competed at Badminton and Burghley,
so it was hardly surprising that the young
William would take to the saddle at the age
of two.
He actually started eventing at 15, but it was
not until he graduated from London
University in 1993 that it became his career.
Now dubbed the Pony Club pin-up, he has a
list of trophies and honours to his name,
including European Championship gold
medals in 2001 and 2003 and a string of first
and second placings at Burghley, Badmint