| Supreme Rock | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Irish Sport Horse |
| Sire | Edmund Burke (Thoroughbred) |
| Grandsire | Advocator (Thoroughbred) |
| Dam | Rineen Classic (Irish Draught Sport Horse) |
| Maternal grandsire | Bassompierre (Thoroughbred) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1988 |
| Died | April 2013 (aged 25) |
| Country | UK |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Lindy Nixon-Gray Ireland |
Supreme Rock was an Irish Sport Horse, bred by Lindy Nixon-Gray Ireland & ridden by Pippa Funnell in four event competitions for Great Britain. He was put down in early April 2013 aged 25. He was a 16.3 hands (67 inches, 170 cm) bay gelding. He was retired in 2005 at the Badminton Horse Trials. He is remembered primarily for his role in Funnell's completion of the Grand Slam of Eventing, winning the Badminton Horse Trials, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day and The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. He is also the only horse ever to have won two European Championship titles back-to-back – Luhmühlen (Germany) in 1999, and Pau (France) in 2001 – as well as being one of a select group of horses to have won Badminton Horse Trials twice in 2002 and 2003. The high point of his career with Funnell was winning team Silver at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
Pedigree
| Sire Edmund Burke Thoroughbred 1973 |
Advocator Thoroughbred 1963 |
Round Table 1954 |
Princequillo – 1940 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Daughter – 1941 | |||
| Delta Queen 1946 |
Bull Lea – 1935 | ||
| Bleebok – 1941 | |||
| Section Thoroughbred 1965 |
*Ambiorix 1946 |
Tourbillon – 1928 | |
| Lavendula – 1930 | |||
| Zonah 1958 |
Nasrullah – 1940 | ||
| Gambetta – 1952 | |||
| Dam Rineen Classic Irish Draught Sport Horse 1984 |
Bassompierre Thoroughbred 1968 |
Khalkis 1960 |
Vimy – 1952 |
| Merry Xmas – 1951 | |||
| La Bonne 1961 |
Worden – 1949 | ||
| La Bastille – 1957 | |||
| Golden Brief Irish Draught Sport Horse 1974 |
Awkward Brief 1957 |
Petition – 1944 | |
| Rocky Serenade | |||
| Bodecia 1964 |
Ireland | ||
| Ireland |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team Eventing |
| World Championships | ||
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2002 Jerez de la Frontera | Team Eventing |
| European Championships | ||
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1999 Luhmühlen | Individual Eventing |
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1999 Luhmühlen | Team Eventing |
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2001 Pau | Individual Eventing |
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2001 Pau | Team Eventing |
References
- "Supreme Rock (ISH) Reigns Supreme at Badminton CCI**** 2003". Equiworld. Referenced January 11, 2008.
- "Supreme Rock". All Breed Pedigree. Referenced January 10, 2008.