Ryan's Son (ISH) & John Whitaker 1986 King George V Gold cup winners

[@jillbrown9145]

brilliant combination ❤️...the tracks look big back then ...class act ☀️

[@kangacats]

Fantastic horse. Another great character that is sadly missed. At least he died doing what he loved and where he loved to be. R.I.P.

[@Siobhan_Shivaun]

Thank you so much for posting, I remember watching that live on the telly and I've been searching You Tube for it for ages!!

[@ladygrinningsoul992]

My favourite horse ever

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS WHITAKER TOO CLEAR 🇮🇪

[@antonioreyesgutierrez3966]

¡ Un grande !

[@perradegenerada]

una leyenda!

[@secretsquirrel7374]

Compared to horses these days he looks so chunky. But I bet there's not many 18 year old showjumpers still jumping like this these days.

[@fallingonabruise]

@subimedia Hickstead was, in fact, the scene of Ryan's terrible and inconceivable ending. The gelding had a tendency to bank a wide fence by dropping his hind legs in the middle and snatching them up again. In 1987 the 18-year-old Ryan banked the parallel white oxer, failed to snatch his legs in time, and tipped up. It did not seem a bad fall, and horse and rider walked out of the ring.

[@fallingonabruise]

So sad that dropping a leg in caused the accident that killed him :(

[@fallingonabruise]

@subimedia But three hours later, in a private stable of the master of Hickstead, Douglas Bunn, and with the vet in attendance, Ryan's Son collapsed suddenly and died, probably from an internal haemorrhage. First published in Horse & Hound in 1996

[@fallingonabruise]

@subimedia where did i say he was competing past his day ??????????????????

[@subimedia]

@fallingonabruise If it wasn't an immmediate leg break then i presume u're referring 2 the twisted gut he had from collic after the Hickstead Derby a little while after that? U mean some kinda trait he always had suddenly got him in the end due 2 the fact 'u think' he was competing far past his day??????????

[@MarkRobertCuthbert]

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