Superstar
Henderson Milton, the white wonder horse of Michael
Withaker, passed away. Magic Milton was able to handle
every single jump and even when he knocked down a pole,
everybody knew it was not his fault. Only eight years
old the gelding won his first World Cup competition
(Bordeaux 1985), and numerous victories followed shortly
after. Twenty five number one positions in big Championships
venues, World Cup and Nation Cup events; he won the
World Cup Finals and the European Championships twice.
In 1990 Superstar Henderson Milton became World Champion
in Show Jumping. In his competition years the white
collected a total prize sum of $1,500,000 and after
his retirement his wallet kept being filled with appearances
at the openings of supermarkets and car companies. Only
a while ago Milton had to slow down because of health
problems and few days ago he passed away.
Milton
(by Marius out of Aston Answer) was bred by the English
show jumping rider Carolyn Bradley who raised the happy
colt till he was three. Bradley died of a heart attack
and through Paul Schockemole, the gelding went into
the hands of John Withaker. They formed a dream pair
and stole the hearts of thousands equestrian sport lovers.
In 1988 Milton and John did not enter the Olympic Games
in Seoul, South Korea, out of protest because Queen
Elizabeth's husband refused to enter Carolyn Bradley
in the OG of Montreal in 1974.
The popularity of rider and horse grew enormous because
of this 'politically correct' action. When John was
in a good mood, he would pinch Milton in his back behind
the saddle and his trusty mount would perform a levade,
a special movement taught to Lippizaners. Milton showed
the levade the last time for an audience on his official
retirement competition in Goteborg, Sweden.
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Superstar
Henderson Milton, the white wonder horse of Michael
Withaker, passed away. Magic Milton was able to handle
every single jump and even when he knocked down a pole,
everybody knew it was not his fault. Only eight years
old the gelding won his first World Cup competition
(Bordeaux 1985), and numerous victories followed shortly
after. Twenty five number one positions in big Championships
venues, World Cup and Nation Cup events; he won the
World Cup Finals and the European Championships twice.
Milton
(by Marius out of Aston Answer) was bred by the English
show jumping rider Carolyn Bradley who raised the happy
colt till he was three. Bradley died of a heart attack
and through Paul Schockemole, the gelding went into
the hands of John Withaker. They formed a dream pair
and stole the hearts of thousands equestrian sport lovers.
In 1988 Milton and John did not enter the Olympic Games
in Seoul, South Korea, out of protest because Queen
Elizabeth's husband refused to enter Carolyn Bradley
in the OG of Montreal in 1974.
