Eddie

This out-and-out field master’s horse” will jump anything in front asking him to hunt in the field is another matter, though

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S most famous portrait is on his grey Arab Marengo, the archetypal cavalry horse. Eddie would have been a good model.

“We call him the white charger,” says Edward Page, joint master of the Bedale. “In eight seasons, he’s never put a stop in.”

Indeed, it is nigh impossible to prevent him from jumping.

“He’s a lunatic!” Edward laughs. “If you don’t come at a hanging gate on a funny angle or sideways, he’ll jump it even if you don’t want to.”

The 17hh Irish sports horse is ideal for Edward’s needs.

“I bought him as an out-and-out field master’s horse when I joined the mastership in 2016,” he explains. “I knew I needed a machine.”

Edward’s wife Chloe found him, “down country” with Hayden Hankey in Cheshire.