@jenres1006 Yes, you could say that. The Beatles of the horse world in his day, perhaps! Ask any old fogey like me, even if not into horses, and I bet they'll remember him fondly.
Thanks so much for uploading this. I remember watching it first time around; in fact I think I still have it on VHS somewhere! Still breathtaking. He really was a horse in a million.
He's been dead for 12 years but I'll never forget him as long as i live! I stopped watching showjumping after Milton retired because there will never be a horse like him again! He was the greatest and I think he knew it, he was always so cocky and self-assured and it's like he was saying " Hey, I know I'm the best so I'm gonna give you the performance of your life, just watch me..."
OMG when my mum got a horse called April was her stable name we cant remember her show name.But anyway where we got her from when wee got her Milton was there at stud OMG that was sooo lucky my mum saw him.R.I.P lilttle mad x
@JenBsja2010x He might of been when he died but when my mum went 2 get are horse he was there at stud so he might of been gelded near the end of his life.
@alieli76, lol, I read in his biography that he was a rather obstreperous colt. Can you imagine if they hadn't gelded him? He'd take off for a jump, and never have landed!
Milton, born in England, had a lot of different blood. Look at allbreedpedigree - search for milton8 - Milton had at least 10 different bloods - Dutch Warmblood, Trakehner, Thoroughbred (Poet), East Prussian, Gronigen, Oldenburg, Holsteiner, Irish Draught Sport Horse, AngloArabrian TB (the Grey colour), Shagya Arab - Milton has Dark Ronald (TB) twice - Milton's dam was a Grade A jumper
Milton was owned by Mr & Mrs Bradley, the parents of Caroline Bradley, who owned and rode Milton until she died suddenly, her parents 'inherited' her horses and they were ridden by various riders.
IIRC Milton was by Marius, a Dutch Warmblood stallion that Caroline rode to great success.
Milton and Gem Twist DID compete against each other in the final of the Individual Showjumping at the 1990 WEG in Sweden...
milton whaataa ledge :) not trying to jump in the argument but even if gem was better he wasnt as well reconised as milton .. please dont take it the wrong way but milton was a hell of a lot more famouse and he was the first horse outside the racing world to win more than £1 million in prize money. Its a shame we dont see many other horses like him :(
Watching Milton jump makes me die a little inside. I dont understand why you lot are all fighting !!! SHUT UPP. One of the best horses of all time is on your screen right now and all you can do is fight about it !!!
Watching Milton jump makes me die a little inside. I dont understand why you lot are all fighting !!! SHUT UPP. One of the best horses of all time is on your screen right now and all you can do is fight about it !!!
Granted I can understand your emotion, but what you said is just plain false
Gem BEAT Milton in nearly every class they ever competed against each other in
Most notably the 1988 Olympic individual rounds, and the inaugural World Equestrian Games, where Gem became the first to be given the OFFICIAL title of "World's Best Horse" over Milton, for having the fewest overall faults under all riders combined
Not that this takes away from how great Milton was, but let's stick to facts
Uh, if you'd paid attention to my opening sentence... I'm not "attacking" you for your opinion, I'm commenting on the fact that the scenario of Gem cowering in the presence of Milton is not only a fallacy but a falsehood... when Gem BEAT Milton just about every time they were ever competed against each other in the same class.
And again, as I said in my last ending: be that as it may, it still doesn't take away from the fact that Milton was truly great in his own right
Ahhhh, now I understand. Initially just took you for a dimwit, didn't realize you were just a kid. My mistake. Apologies for even engaging in the convo. Take care.
@ImmortalSynn no your the kid its my opinion just cause some has an opinion doesnt make them a dimwit or a kid. and yes i am 13 so you could consider me a kid but your the one going around and tellling me whats right and whats wrong.
i dont care what you think i can have my own opinions
I don't care what anyone says, he is the greatest showjumper of all time, the way he jumps on the angle across those big derby upright rails and wide oxers!! I don't see much of that going on these days!! Amazing vid thank you x x
at 0:04 three Irish-bred (ISH) horses with Milton on the GBR team - Silver Dust (ISH) grey gelding by Hunters Fort (TB xx) rider Robert Smith - Monsanta (ISH) bay gelding by Hard Study (TB xx) rider Michael Whitaker - & Lannegan (ISH) bay gelding by Hail Tian (TB xx) rider David Broome
Put in Tags: yt:quality=high yt:stretch=16:9 to get a better video picture. They are youtubes own video improvement tags. sláinte! (health!)
sainglain 1 week ago
Dang that little horse can JUMP
4breyerfan234 3 weeks ago
pah, who needs a pegasus? get a Milton instead! ;)
XXNichtlustigXX 2 months ago
did he win ? :)
misstaggiexful 3 months ago
yey luv u milton!
MintyArrow 5 months ago
@jenres1006 Yes, you could say that. The Beatles of the horse world in his day, perhaps! Ask any old fogey like me, even if not into horses, and I bet they'll remember him fondly.
alieli76 5 months ago
Thanks so much for uploading this. I remember watching it first time around; in fact I think I still have it on VHS somewhere! Still breathtaking. He really was a horse in a million.
alieli76 5 months ago
There should be a video of Idle dice as ell, What a team of jumpers that would make; God has quite a string doesn't He?
pegasus1747 7 months ago
He was an amazing horse! We'll never forget u, Milton.
WhoisAry 7 months ago
Milton Rocked! Just brilliant! RIP Milton
phrinv 8 months ago
i luv how he goes in at an angle but still clears it!
BanditluvsBreyers 9 months ago
Wow, the video can jump almost as high as Milton. Impressive!
musefanforever16 9 months ago
One of the greatest equine athletes ever.
RIP Milton we miss you x x
lovelovinghorses 10 months ago
He's been dead for 12 years but I'll never forget him as long as i live! I stopped watching showjumping after Milton retired because there will never be a horse like him again! He was the greatest and I think he knew it, he was always so cocky and self-assured and it's like he was saying " Hey, I know I'm the best so I'm gonna give you the performance of your life, just watch me..."
hancar 10 months ago
OMG when my mum got a horse called April was her stable name we cant remember her show name.But anyway where we got her from when wee got her Milton was there at stud OMG that was sooo lucky my mum saw him.R.I.P lilttle mad x
princessinuk 11 months ago
@princessinuk I don't mean to be rude or anything, but Milton was a gelding.. x
JenBsja2010x 11 months ago
@JenBsja2010x He might of been when he died but when my mum went 2 get are horse he was there at stud so he might of been gelded near the end of his life.
princessinuk 11 months ago
@princessinuk No, he was always (well, since very young) a gelding...
alieli76 5 months ago
@alieli76, lol, I read in his biography that he was a rather obstreperous colt. Can you imagine if they hadn't gelded him? He'd take off for a jump, and never have landed!
AnimalLeftist 1 month ago
oh, milton <3
Danniz93 1 year ago
Milton..... the legend
dBhorses 1 year ago
Milton was incredible
R.I.P x
milkybarkidishot 1 year ago 2
amazing. he moves like a big pony :) what a legend.
BlackberryMay 1 year ago 4
Milton, born in England, had a lot of different blood. Look at allbreedpedigree - search for milton8 - Milton had at least 10 different bloods - Dutch Warmblood, Trakehner, Thoroughbred (Poet), East Prussian, Gronigen, Oldenburg, Holsteiner, Irish Draught Sport Horse, AngloArabrian TB (the Grey colour), Shagya Arab - Milton has Dark Ronald (TB) twice - Milton's dam was a Grade A jumper
sainglain 1 year ago 2
@deeallen2
Milton was owned by Mr & Mrs Bradley, the parents of Caroline Bradley, who owned and rode Milton until she died suddenly, her parents 'inherited' her horses and they were ridden by various riders.
IIRC Milton was by Marius, a Dutch Warmblood stallion that Caroline rode to great success.
Milton and Gem Twist DID compete against each other in the final of the Individual Showjumping at the 1990 WEG in Sweden...
lobeliaoverhill 1 year ago
What a horse!
321Nini123 1 year ago
He is amazing I <3 you milton xxxx
EnyaIsShowjumpMad 1 year ago
Such a great horse.... I dont think we will get another one like him in a long time..
rondaya97 1 year ago
milton whaataa ledge :) not trying to jump in the argument but even if gem was better he wasnt as well reconised as milton .. please dont take it the wrong way but milton was a hell of a lot more famouse and he was the first horse outside the racing world to win more than £1 million in prize money. Its a shame we dont see many other horses like him :(
SexieShowjumper2k7 1 year ago
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Watching Milton jump makes me die a little inside. I dont understand why you lot are all fighting !!! SHUT UPP. One of the best horses of all time is on your screen right now and all you can do is fight about it !!!
DnBsPendulum 1 year ago
Watching Milton jump makes me die a little inside. I dont understand why you lot are all fighting !!! SHUT UPP. One of the best horses of all time is on your screen right now and all you can do is fight about it !!!
DnBsPendulum 1 year ago 38
@DnBsPendulum well said! You do not argue when you are in the presence of a LEGEND!!
joosiej85 9 months ago
hahaha in nearly 20 years the jumps at the hickstead derby hasnt changed!!
bluedjumper 1 year ago
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ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
omg.. ♥ he flyes! like an angel! so beautiful ♥
xXIzzyThXx 2 years ago
Milton ♥
We miss you !!
MsDerell 2 years ago
Couldn't b 2 warm or he'd never win any pacey competitions - poss very warm but veering 2wards the hot i'd say..
subimedia 2 years ago
omg!
the way he did the water jump and some of those doubles and trebles....amazing
horselover4ever131 2 years ago
he STEPS over those fences!
SClucy 2 years ago
no he's flying!
xXIzzyThXx 2 years ago
milton was fab!!xx great video!x
poniesaremylove 2 years ago
I love milton and big ben! my fave jumpers! RIP boys <3
lipgreen 2 years ago
and people say gem twist is better. Milton is truley the best. if gem twist went up against Milton he would cry and miss every jump.
Love you Milton rest in peace in the heaven you surly lie in jumping hight then the rest with you big beautiful wings.
even though you are not on earth anymore you will never be forgoten
You are my favorite horse that i have ever seen.
you will always be loved an known for being the best jumper to ever live
Icefire99999 2 years ago
Granted I can understand your emotion, but what you said is just plain false
Gem BEAT Milton in nearly every class they ever competed against each other in
Most notably the 1988 Olympic individual rounds, and the inaugural World Equestrian Games, where Gem became the first to be given the OFFICIAL title of "World's Best Horse" over Milton, for having the fewest overall faults under all riders combined
Not that this takes away from how great Milton was, but let's stick to facts
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
@ImmortalSynn
it was my opinion i think Milton is the "World's Best Horse"
its my opinion so dont go attacking me alright.
p.s.
milton is the worlds best horse(:
Icefire99999 2 years ago
Uh, if you'd paid attention to my opening sentence... I'm not "attacking" you for your opinion, I'm commenting on the fact that the scenario of Gem cowering in the presence of Milton is not only a fallacy but a falsehood... when Gem BEAT Milton just about every time they were ever competed against each other in the same class.
And again, as I said in my last ending: be that as it may, it still doesn't take away from the fact that Milton was truly great in his own right
Learn to read, sheesh
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
@ImmortalSynn
can you shut the hell up i dont care ewhat you say Milton is better
Icefire99999 2 years ago
@Icefire99999
Ahhhh, now I understand. Initially just took you for a dimwit, didn't realize you were just a kid. My mistake. Apologies for even engaging in the convo. Take care.
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
@ImmortalSynn no your the kid its my opinion just cause some has an opinion doesnt make them a dimwit or a kid. and yes i am 13 so you could consider me a kid but your the one going around and tellling me whats right and whats wrong.
i dont care what you think i can have my own opinions
so shut the hell up bitch
Icefire99999 2 years ago
i dont care about the facts milton is amazing
Icefire99999 2 years ago
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"i dont care about the facts"
...'nuff said.
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
rest in peace, milton <3
you will always be jumping now in heaven, no matter how high you want :) <3
Zombiekiteh 2 years ago
i think milton had some arab in him
one of my favorite horses of all time he was amazing RIP milton x
katodovo 2 years ago
Wow Milton makes jumping those huge fences look so easy!
sockerbit 2 years ago 20
@sockerbit
Doesn't he just <3
franrigz 1 year ago
He had a ridiculously adorable face for a warmblood :D
jeveuxlesoleil 2 years ago 2
What kind of warmblood is he? He is a rather large, muscular warmblood. Stunning, nonetheless..
Sniffysmyboy 2 years ago
He was a Dutch warmblood if I'm not too much mistaken.
ejc165 2 years ago
Dutch Warmblood.
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
warmbloods usually have adorable faces
stingme12345 2 years ago 2
like a big big baby angel !! So cute this beautiful and georgues horse !! I love him he had a very good technic !
HelenLovesFindus 2 years ago 2
I don't care what anyone says, he is the greatest showjumper of all time, the way he jumps on the angle across those big derby upright rails and wide oxers!! I don't see much of that going on these days!! Amazing vid thank you x x
1brownieboy 2 years ago 2
aww his ears are soo big
MegsDon 2 years ago
Amazing! Thank you for posting this!
RIP Milton... I know you and Gem Twist are jumping off against each other in the clouds, for all time :)
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago 2
Amazing round and an amazing horse. I remember watching this on tv when I was a kid! Milton really was a star.
minxyminou 2 years ago
i wonder how hi those fences are.... chills.....
murphybuster 2 years ago
OMFG - when you look at johns face he looks exactly like Robert looks like now... wow, weird
Agilitypoodle385 2 years ago
All legends but Milton has got ot be the best
horseygalyeha 2 years ago
at 0:04 three Irish-bred (ISH) horses with Milton on the GBR team - Silver Dust (ISH) grey gelding by Hunters Fort (TB xx) rider Robert Smith - Monsanta (ISH) bay gelding by Hard Study (TB xx) rider Michael Whitaker - & Lannegan (ISH) bay gelding by Hail Tian (TB xx) rider David Broome
sainglain 2 years ago