SHOWJUMPING: Leslie Howard -- the Evolution of Extreme

A coming-of-age saga of the incomparable Dutch powerhouse, Extreme.

Purchased with an eye on the Olympics, by Howard's long-time sponsorship partner Jane Forbes Clark: this young mare, whose EXPLOSIVE hind end made her famous/recognized the world over, truly lived up to their expectations, in all regards.

Here she can be seen in several grands pix, including:

The 1995 USET Festival of Champions.
Here, fence #4 was a standardless pedestal with no ground-line. One out of every seven horses competing had refusals there, many were eliminated. That course, in its entirety, can be seen performed to perfection by Patty Stovel & Mont Cenis, in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuoTjowCntw

The 1995 du Maurier Limited International.
The richest and most difficult grand prix of its time, the du Maurier was TRULY the professionals' championship. A spectacular clear round can be seen in the following video, performed by Laura Balisky, and the spectacular Dutch gelding, Easy Boy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iNpmz-qdsg

The 1996 Atlanta Olympics:
Round II of the team competition. USA won the team Silver medal. Beautiful clear round by Extreme here, exceeded only in its magnificence by that of Rodrigo Pessoa, and the immeasurably powerful Loro Piana Tomboy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JljBBBiMqcw


As always, don't forget to check out the crazily-cute baby of the barn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIcs9k1E0RY

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[Sarrita1982]

My mare is related to her!



[ImmortalSynn]

@Sarrita1982

How neat!

[2101lovelilly]

hav they ever had a jump like that in the olympics, tah would just look epic! great ride and great horse shame about the first clip though : )

[ImmortalSynn]

@2101lovelilly

I can't speak for all Olympics, but the one in future reference there (Atlanta 1996) didn't have anything like that.

[pinkweaselgirl]

geez, i LOVE this horse...super scopey and doesnt seem stuck...she doesnt let her young age show through anymore!

[kellidahorsegirl]

This mare is just too cool! Love the videos!

[jessyandjake]

I dont know about the theme of this thread , all I CAN say is that she must be a "tough" (being polite here!!!) rider! We had one of her "cast offs " and I have "NEVER come across a more cowed horse in my life! It used to head toss all the way into a fence and when it was under pressure IT URINATED AT CANTER!! Never seen it before or since. Its name was roderik appollo. Hope she has kinder training tactics now. We thought it had an infection till a top vet put us right. Poor little thing!

[hannahh1000]

nice horse! but is dont matter if it refused that fence . every horse has a scare sometimes . maybe she just got confused

[seizetheday9871]

haha on the olympics clip they said gelding at the beginning

[Lensman3001]

That was impressive!!!!

[ImmortalSynn]

@Laneismynickname

Who's arguing? lol I have no real reason to engage in that with the likes of you, I was merely pointing out an observation.

As far as Anky, your piss-poor writing makes it difficult to know what your actual point in bringing her up is... but if it's the rollkur issue you're referencing, my take on that is that I don't agree with it-- but seeing as it's not illegal, not much anyone can do other than exactly what you're doing here: whine about it.

[Laneismynickname]

@ImmortalSynn

Well you certainly like to argue with me. Well say that again. And keep in mind that there is someone who's called Anky Van Grunsven. And if you dont know where i'm talking about. You have a lack of education. Not me.