Hello William

A wild-child gelding and teenage Olli Fletcher began their partnership jumping 80cm and were recently placed in their first five-star grand prix - on a comeback from life-threatening colic. Jennifer Donald meets the brilliant "Willy Wonka"

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RIDER OLLI FLETCHER

“MY dad fell in love with Hello William after five jumps. He has a very good eye for a horse and he saw something in him that nobody else would or could. William lived in the field for two weeks because nobody could catch him. I was still at school and knew little about him, but one day he trotted over to me. I rang my parents and said, ‘Shall I bring him in?’ I put some tack on, jumped him and took him straight to a show! So his first show wasn’t until the end of his six-year-old year and we did two 80cm before he started stepping up.