JOHN WHITAKER MBE Born: 5th August 1955 Lives: Cumberworth, West Yorkshire Marital Status: Married to Clare Children: Louise (1980),Robert (1983) and Joanne (1987) Ranking: 1 on BSJA List 315 – August 2007- July 2008 HORSES (BREEDING AVAILABLE) SIRE AGE IN 2008 SEX COLOUR UTAH VAN ERPECOM LANDETTO 11 Stallion Skewbald PEPPERMILL BURGRAAF 11 Stallion Bay CASINO CAVALIER ROYALE 13 Gelding Bay GIVE ME REMUS GRANNUS 16 Stallion Black John was 18 when he first partnered Ryans Son, a horse with just 50p on his card when he went to John, and was described as the ‘odd looking one’. The pair formed a partnership which was to last 14 years, the highlight of which was winning a Team Silver Medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Milton became John’s partner in 1985, his first major win the Du Maurier Grand Prix in Spruce Meadows, Calgary in 1986. John retired Everest Milton at the 1994 Olympia Horse Show, Milton died July 4th 1999. .In 1998 John was Leading Rider at the Volvo World Cup Final in Helsinki, he won the first two legs of the World Cup on the gallant 19 year old Virtual Village Grannusch. In 1998 John won the Peugeot Derby at Hickstead on Gammon who at 21 is the oldest horse to have won the Derby. In 1999 John won the British Grand Prix at Hickstead and in 2000 the Peugeot Hickstead Derby riding Virtual Village Welham who was retired at the 2001 Derby meeting. A chance ride on Douglas Bunn’s – Buddy Bunn, due to William Funnells injury, gave John his fourth Derby victory in 2004. TABLE 1 MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS YEAR TEAM INDIVIDUAL TOTAL OF MEDALS MEDALS MEDALS ALTERNATIVE OLYMPIC GAMES 1980 SILVER MEDAL SILVER MEDAL 2 OLYMPIC GAMES 1984 SILVER MEDAL 1 1992 1996 2000 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1982 BRONZE MEDAL 1986 SILVER MEDAL 1990 BRONZE MEDAL SILVER MEDAL 1998 BRONZE MEDAL 5 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 1983 SILVER MEDAL SILVER MEDAL 1985 GOLD MEDAL BRONZE MEDAL 1987 GOLD MEDAL SILVER MEDAL 1989 GOLD MEDAL GOLD MEDAL 1991 SILVER MEDAL 1993 SILVER MEDAL 1995 SILVER MEDAL 1997 BRONZE MEDAL 12 2005 2007 BRONZE MEDAL TOTAL MEDALS 21 TABLE 2 MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS YEAR WINS VOLVO WORLD CUP FINAL WINS 1990, 1991 2 KING GEORGE V CUP WINS 1986, 1990, 1997 3 HICKSTEAD DERBY 1983, 1998, 2000, 2004 4 TABLE 3 NATIONS CUP YEARS TOTAL REPRESENTATIONS NUMBER OF WINS Ex. Table 1 BRITISH TEAM MEMBER 1975 – 2008 174 39 BSJA copyright 1 Updated: 18th September 2008 JOHN WHITAKER MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Team Member (Peppermill) South View E.C: 1st Winter A&B (Casino) CSI5* Zurich: 3rd Accumulator (Casino) Member Super League Nations Cup Team: Rome 1st ; St Gallen 5th; ;Rotterdam 4th ; Aachen =3rd (Peppermill) Bolesworth Castle: 1st Grand Prix (Utah van Erpekom), 1st 1.30m Open (Kairouan Rouge) 2007 CSI-W Goteborg: 2nd A7 (Lacroix 9) Arena UK Premier Show: 1st Winter A&B Grand Prix (St Honores Liquido), 1st 1.40m Open (Casino) British Open: 2nd Zinc Management Stakes (St Honores Liquido), 3rd Accumulator (Lactic Two), 1st British Open Championship round 3 (Casino), 7th British Open Championship Final (Casino) Blue Chip Winter Championships: 3rd & 5th Grand Prix (Casino & St. Honres Liquido) Member of Super League Nations Cup Team: Rome 1st (Peppermill); St. Gallen 8th (Peppermill); Rotterdam 1st (Peppermill)Barcelona Final (Peppermill) Bramham Horse Trials: 1st Grand Prix (Cortaflex Utah Van Erperkom) Athina Onassis International Horse Show, Sao Paulo: 1st 1.55m Masters (Cortaflex Utah Van Het Erperkom) Member of the European Bronze Medal Winning Team, Mannheim (Peppermill) CSI5* Brussels: 5th Grand Prix (Peppermill) Northern Ireland International: 4th Grand Prix (Cortaflex Utah Van Het Erperkom) CSIW Olympia:1st Best of Best (Asucar) 2006 CSI-W Dubai: 3rd Palm Speed Stakes (Lactic Two) Sunshine Tour (ESP): 1st Grand Prix (Peppermill) CSI**** Sheffield: =1st Puissance (Lactic 2, Exploit de Roulard), 2nd The easibed Accumulator (St. Honore’s Liquido), 5th Grandstand Classic (Lactic 2), 1st Sheffield Masters (Exploit De Roulard), 5th City Shield (Lactic 2) CSI-W Goteborg: 1st Knock-Out (Lactic 2) Member of Nations Cup Team: La Baule 6th (Exploit De Roulard); Aachen 3rd (Peppermill); Lucerne 8th (Peppermill); Rotterdam =5th (Peppermill); Hickstead 1st (Peppermill); Dublin 6th (Peppermill); Barcelona 7th (Peppermill) CSI3* Eindhoven: 2nd VDL Groep Derby (Lactic Two) Bramham: 1st Accumulator (Hugo Du Heup) Wales & West: 1st 1.40m Grand Prix (Hugo du Heup) Royal Norfolk: 2nd Area Trial (Nepos van Limbo), 2nd Ride & Drive (St Honore’s Liquido) Hickstead Derby: 2nd Derby Vase (Hugo du Heup), 4th Derby Trial (Lactic Two) Royal Show: 1st International Trial (Hugo du Heup) Castle Ashby: 3rd Grand Prix (Peppermill) CSIO Barcelona: 1st 1.55m Table A (Nepos van Limbo) Represented Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games Aachen (Peppermill) HOYS: 1st Special Event Services Cup, 3rd Grandstand Media Cup (Hugo du Heup) Belfast International Show: 3rd A7 (Nureev), =3rd Puissance (St Honore’s Liquido) CSI-W Olympia: =1st Puissance (Lactic Two), 5th Grand Prix (Casino) 2005 Sunshine Tour: 1st 1.40m 2 Phase (Profox), 6th Grand Prix (Gem of India), 3rd 1.50m (Gem of India), 3rd Grand Prix (Gem of India) CSI****Sheffield: 4th Classic (Lactic Two), 2nd Puissance (Exploit de Roulard) Member Nations Cup Team: Lisbon 2nd (Exploit de Roulard); Rotterdam 7th (Exploit de Roulard) ; Lummen 1st (Hugo du Heup) ; Hickstead 5th ; Dublin 1st (Exploit de Roulard) CSIO Lisbon: 1st Grand Prix (Expolit de Roulard), 2nd Speed Class, 1st 2 Phase (Lactic Two) CSIO*****Rotterdam: 3rd Grand Prix (Exploit de Roulard) CSIO*****Lummen : 2nd Derby (Lactic Two) Awarded the BSJA Show Jumper of the Month Award (June) Royal Show: 2nd Power & Speed (Lactic Two) Hampshire County: 1st IT (Lactic Two) Member of the European Championship Team, San Patrignano: 6th (Exploit de Roulard) San Patrignano: 4th Grand Prix (Exploit de Roulard) BSJA copyright 2 Updated: 18th September 2008 John Whitaker cont…… New Forest & Hampshire Show: 1st International Trial (Lactic Two) RIHS: 2nd International Chase (Exploit de Roulard) CSIO Dublin : =2nd Puissance (Exploit de Roulard) Hickstead Derby Meeting: 2nd Derby Salver (Lactic Two) Spruce Meadows: 2nd Hunting com. (Lactic Two), =6th 6 Bar (Exploit de Roulard) Arena UK: 3rd 1.40m Grand Prix (Prima Vera) Horse of the Year Show : 3rd Grandstand Media Cup (St. Honores Liquido), 2nd The Accumulator (Lactic II), =1st The Puissance (Latic Two & Exploit de Roulard) CSI-A Stuttgart: 1st A4 (Lactic Two), 3rd A7 (Exploit de Roulard) CSI-A Paris: 2nd Hunting Comp. (Lactic Two), 7th A7 (St. Honores Liquido) CSI-W Olympia: 8th World Cup qualifier, (Exploit de Roulard), 5th Santa Stakes (St Honores Liquido), 1st Christmas Masters (Exploit de Roulard), =1st Puissance (Exploit de Roulard), 4th London Grand Prix (Exploit de Roulard), Awarded Leading Rider of the Show 2004 CSI-W Goteborg Trophy: 8th (Lord Z) CSI***** Zurich: 3rd Grand Prix (Lord Z)2nd A4 (Lactic Two) Osbaldeston Premier Show: 3rd Winter A & B (Gem of India) British Open, Sheffield: 1st Puissance, 2nd Speed Stakes, 2nd Accumulator (Lactic Two; 2nd Grandstand Classic, 2nd Sheffield Masters,3rd Meadowhall Classic (Gem of India) Newark & Notts: 2nd Mattie Brown Stakes (Gem of India) CSI Maubeuge: 2nd Grand Prix, 1st Six Bar (Gem of India) CSI****Geesteren: 2nd Grand Prix (Gem of India) Area 15 N. Yorks: 1st Int Trial(Exploit de Roulard) Royal Show: 3rd Int Trial (Exploit de Roulard) Member Nations Cup Team: Gijon (Gem of India) Shrewsbury Flower Show: 1st Int Trial (Gem of India) Hickstead Derby Meeting: 1st Hickstead Derby (Buddy Bun) CSI-A Geesteren: 2nd Grand Prix (Gem Of India) CSI-A Chantilly: 1st Speed Class (Carmen) Horse of the Year Show: 2nd The Zinc Management Classic (Gem of India), 2nd Speed Horse of the Year (Lactic Two) CSI-A Vienna: 3rd Two Phase, 5th Speed Class (Gem of India) CSI-W Helsinki: 3rd Puissance (Exploit De Roulard) CSI*****Belfast: 1st Puissance, 3rd Premier Stakes (Exploit De Roulard) CSI-W Olympia: 2nd Speed Stakes (Lactic Two), =1st Puissance (Exploit de Roulard) 2003 Member of the World Class Performance Squad 2003 CSI-A Dubai: 1st Grand Prix, 1st A7 (Lactic Two) CSI Zurich: 3rd 1.60m (Lord Z) South View Premier: 3rd Winter A/B Qual. (Carmen) CSI-W Vigo: 2nd Accumulator (Lactic Two) CSI-W s’Hertogenbosch: 1st 1.50m (Lord Z) Sunshine Tour: 1st Big Tour D: Class 70 (Nicolette ll) CSI-W Gotёborg: 3rd Knock Out (Lactic 2) CSI Sheffield British Open: 2nd Yorkshire Post Stakes (Lord Z), 1st Grandstand Classic (Lactic Two), 2nd The Accumulator (Lord Z), 3rd Squibb & Davies Classic (Lactic Two), 1st Meadowhall Classic (Carmen), =1st Puissance (Lactic Two) CSI Cannes: 1st Grand Prix (Lord Z) Oldcotes Charity Show: 2nd Int Trial (Lactic Two) Talk of the North: 2nd Int Trial (Onarco) CSI-O Drammen: 2nd Grand Prix (Lactic Two), 5th Nations Cup (Lactic Two) Lincoln County: 3rd Int Trial (Kartier) RIHS – Osbourne Refrigerators International Stakes – 4th (Cartier PSG), Twineham International Stakes – 1st (Cartier PSG), 4th (Steps Helsinki) Bucks County: 1st Int Trial (Gem of India) BSJA copyright 3 Updated: 18th September 2008 John Whitaker cont…… CSI La Coruna : 5th (Cartier PSG), 1st and 4th (Lactic Two), 2nd (Lord Z) CSI-W Moscow : 1st (Lactic Two) CSI Haras De Jardy : 3rd (Gem of India) CSI Kualar Lumpar : 2nd Grand Prix (Lord Z) CSI Leeuwaarden : 5th (Lactic Two) Belfast International: 1st Accumulator (Lactic Two) CSIW Olympia: 4th Take your Own Line, = 3rd Christmas Puissance, 4th Pounds for Points, 4th Xmas Cake Acc. 3rd Knock Out (Lactic 2), =3rd Christmas Masters, 6th Santa Stakes (Carmen), 4th Grand Prix (Lord Z). Leading Rider of Show 2002 Selected as member of WEG Long List. Member Nations Cup Team La Baule: 7th (Lactic Two) College E.C.: 2nd I.T.