RIDER NAME: Cian O'Connor
DISCIPLINE: Show Jumping
NATIONALITY: Irish
CAREER HIGHTLIGHTS:
- 2000- Member of winning Nations Cup Team- Helsinki, Falsterbo and Hickstead
- 2002- Leading Nations cup rider in the world and Waterford Crystal Leading Horse.
- 2002- Won RDS Puissance aboard Casper(2.25m)
- 2004- Winning Athens Olympics
2004- On winning Aga Khan Team
2006- Jumped clear in Aachen Gran Prix on Echo Beach
2009- Winner Olympia Grand Prix on Rancorrado
2010- Winner Basel Grand Prix on Rancorrado
2011- Jumped double clear to win the Nations Cup in La Baule on Larkhill Cruiser
2012- Jumped Double clear ion Blue Loyd on the nNations Cup Team in Florida
2012 AIMS:
- To achieve all my personal goals!
LINKS
Question Time
1. If you weren't a rider, what career would you have chosen?
A Lawyer
2. Do you have any nicknames?
Ciano
3. When did you last fall off?
In Florida in February '12
4. Who has been your favourite horse you have ridden?
Blue Loyd
5. If you could ride any other horse which horse would it be would it be?
Big star ridden by Nick skelton
6. What is the first thing you look for in a horse?
Carefullness
7. When did you last feel like giving up?
I never give up
8. What is the best bit of advice you have been given?
My grandfather used to tell me, success is reward for effort
9. Growing up who was your idol?
Tony O' Reilly
10. What is the first thing you choose to do in your free time?
Watch Law & Order
11. What was the first concert you went to?
Westlife and have been every year since
12. What advice would you give anyone wanting to be successful like you?
Work hard and smart, being busy isn't necessarily and indicator of success
13. What are you listening to on you Ipod at the minute?
Everything Irish
14. Favourite take out?
Fish 'N' Chips
15. If you could choose any three people alive or dead to join you for dinner who would you choose and why?
I've been to a lot of dinners and the only one I wish to dine with is my wife Ruth!
16. Who is your closet friend within the equestrian world?
John Floody
17. What is your favourite Horseware® Product and why?
'I love the stable rugs with the neck piece. The horses look so cosy in them you almost want to jump in beside them!'
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