Boyd Exell (Image courtesy of Karolina Swärdh).
J
ust before the competition in Bordeaux for the World Cup Final, my daughter, Olivia, had
an accident on her pony while she was
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jumping,” Boyd is telling me on the phone from the US, where he is for a few days teaching. “Her pony fell on her, and she broke her pelvis in four places. My wife, Preetha, and I were with her, and she was taken by ambulance to the hospital. It was of course very distressing. The first day of the championship in Bordeaux I was just slightly off, and I had to make the decision to say to my wife, and to James,
Earlier this year Boyd Exell won his ninth FEI World Cup Driving Championship in a row. The media described it as an ‘easy’ win, but behind the scenes it was a different story writes CANDIDA BAKER.
my son, that I couldn’t talk to them until the championship was over. I had to be able to go into the ‘zone’ to win, and I couldn’t do it while I was worrying.” Win, of course, he did, adding the title
to his massive swag of achievements, including his current status as five times FEI World Champion for Four-in-Hand
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