My Valegro: Alan Davies

[Music] first met peligro way back in 2011 Carl asked me to go to some shows down in the South of France I was fully danced at the time and had a gap in my diary so I said yeah fine so I took him and a bunch of other horses down there for two weeks and that's when his first international Grand Prix's started winning and studied spark interest in everybody really the dressage world and though the whole equestrian world there was a new kid on the block Charlotte was the new up-and-coming rider and he was the new up-and-coming horse all over the world would travel to ten different countries together seventy five thousand kilometers I think someone told me once one and a half times around the world which is quite incredible thing we've done that together we've been come great mates over the years and through all the experiences that we've been through together it's been a unbelievable rollercoaster of a ride you know I would never have thought this would have happened been quite an experience you know we've been to two Olympics now and three Europeans and to world going to do unbelievable and to see him come from the new up-and-coming rising star to be an absolute national celebrity and I've been his carer through all that to me that's a huge honor to have an animal especially of this incredible calibre to do that to trust you [Music] he's a complete one-off for me has the most incredible character he loves to work he loves to please he loves to go in the ring and show off but still he loves to be a horse - he loves his peaceful quiet loves to go in the paddock he loves to go out riding when he loves it when I take him out around the fields because there's no pressure is not in the arena why we don't have to go on the bear we don't have to do anything because he can do just what he likes it's been a huge pressure on everybody on Carl on Charlotte on him on me to keep him fit and happy and well but it's been an incredible pleasure - to be with him these carrots Evan as fit and then it's happy and well as possible you have to look out for their best interests you have to be there for them you have to know them know what they like know what they do not know when they're off-color though I've been incredibly lucky to have been at the right place at the right time to fall into this job I've loved every minute over and it's been a huge huge pleasure to be with him and to be part of his meteoric rise to fame [Music]

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Published: Sun Jul 22 2018