By: Jen Smith, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
Based in British Columbia, Canada, Madeleine Scott will be making her Land Rover Kentucky 3-Day Event debut April 28 – May 1, 2022 on Crosby’s Gold. The son of Bright Valour was bred in British Columbia by Robert and Julie White. The dark bay gelding ran seven times before retiring in 2013. In the fall of 2015, Scott found “Crosby” and the rest is history.
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“I have always loved Thoroughbreds,” Scott said. “It’s a bit of a funny story, but when I started riding at the age of 12, I got hooked on a book series called Thoroughbred and had my mom get me all 80+ books out of the library. I was obsessed with how the series portrayed Thoroughbred horses– they seemed so athletic, willing, and versatile.”
Scott’s love of Thoroughbreds stayed with her as she got older and benefitted her in more ways than one. “Most of my horses have been Thoroughbreds up to this day, because they were easy to get, and fairly inexpensive,” Scott explained. “My family is not an equestrian one, so spending a lot of money on a horse, especially in the beginning, was not in the cards. I also think it is so great to take outcasts from the racetrack and give them a second chance at a different career in which many of them thrive.”
Scott and Crosby have come a long way together since 2015, finishing their first CCI 4-S in 2021 in 15th place among professionals and Olympic athletes. “It feels like such a huge accomplishment to complete something you have worked so hard for,” Scott said.
To read about other OTTBs competing at the event and the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, click here: www.thoroughbredaftercare.org/ottbs-competing-at-land-rover-kentucky-3-day-event.
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