The Canadian Sport Horse Association hosted a lesson with show jumper Beezie Madden and her husband John. The “Canadian Horse Journal” spoke about it and explained, among other things, why one of the best show jumpers in the world had turned her back on high-level sport.
On the sidelines of this symposium, Madden (58) further explained what she had already announced in 2020: “I want to retire. I am no longer seriously trying to be part of champion teams or to stay in the world rankings . We did this long enough and I lost interest in it.” The ‘long enough time’ spans decades of Beezie Madden making her mark on the sport. She made her first World Cup final. World Cup in 1987.
In 2004 and 2008, she was Olympic team champion. There was also individual bronze in 2008 and in 2016 USA won silver in Rio.
At three World Equestrian Games, there have been two silver and two bronze medals for Madden. She was on the Pan American Games team four times, winning two gold, one silver and two bronze.
She has twice been victorious in twelve World Cup finals, most recently in 2018 with Breitling LS, which she still drives in the grand tour from time to time – but only if both feel like it. Because Madden has a tumor. It’s not life threatening, but it does affect his sense of balance from time to time. “Some days I’m 100 percent fit, other days I’m a little hazy,” Madden said. That’s why she doesn’t want to ride for a team.
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During the symposium, Beezie and John Madden presented their method, of which Madden says “the particularity is that it is not special”: “It is a question of taking good care of the horse on a daily basis. To put his well-being first.” For her, the training consists essentially of “basic, basic, basic, dressage work, gymnastics, show jumping”.
Madden also promoted breeding: “Breeding is more of a passion than a business and we need more people to breed. Every year there are more FEI riders. There are simply more people and more tournaments but less breeding. It is therefore very difficult to find good horses. In fact, most American riders buy horses from Europe.
And if you need a little more Madden inspiration, John Madden says, “Horseback riding is like trying to empty a swimming pool with a spoon. It is really hard work and it takes a lot of time.
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