McLain Ward started riding after being encouraged to take up the sport by his parents who were professionals in the industry. Ten weeks later he became the youngest rider to win the USET Medal Finals and became the first and youngest rider to win both titles in the same year. This early success led to him earning the nickname "The Kid". McLain's father, Barney, competed in and won the Grand Prix of Devon in , 20 years later, to the day, his son won the same competition in He continued to compete as an Olympian, winning the team gold for show jumping at the Beijing Olympic games aboard Sapphire along with Laura Kraut, Beezie Madden, and Will Simpson.
Meet the 'old married couple' of equestrian showjumping sport Together for over 30 years, Ward and Mckeever, the US Olympic gold medal winning team, say the partnership feels like a marriage. He and McKeever will be participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
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Next Story. The horses, competitions and countries have been numerous, but always, through disappointment and victory, there has been a constant — the partnership. McLain Ward, who recently returned from his fifth Olympics with his fourth show jumping medal, came to understand the meaning of partnership at a young age.
One pony was blind. The seeing pony led the blind pony around. The ponies, Peter Pan 1 and Peter Pan 2, were partners, friends and family and set the relationship example Ward seeks to forge with the horses he rides. He chuckles when noting his love for Sapphire, with whom he won Olympic team gold both in in Athens and in in Beijing. The horses are my family. Ward currently has horses of his own, as well as riding for owners such as Double H Farm of Ridgefield, Conn.
As of , he is now starting to train. It was his 17 appearance at the final. The highest he had placed up till then was 2nd in He won riding his Olympic mount HH Azur, an 11 year old mare. He completed the week with no penalties after five rounds of jumping, one rail four faults ahead of the second place rider. At the Summer Olympics, Ward again rode for the U. At the time of the Olympics Azur was He earned a team silver medal, and placed 9th individually. He stepped into the role of anchor for the team on the final day of team competition after teammate Beezie Madden's horse suffered an injury.
He had near perfect rounds all week, dropping only one rail all week. Ward was to heal for eight weeks.
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