Priceless (horse)

Priceless

Breed	Sport Horse
Sire	Ben Faerie (Thoroughbred)
Grandsire	Ben Hawke (Thoroughbred)
Dam	Reckless
Maternal grandsire	unknown
Sex	Gelding
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Brendon Hill
Owner	Ginny Holgate/Leng/Elliott

Priceless

Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	Three-Day Event Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Individual Three Day Event
World Championships
	1986 Gawler	Individual eventing
	1986 Gawler	Team eventing
	1982 Luhmühlen	Team eventing
European Championships
	1981 Horsens	Team eventing
	1985 Burghley	Team eventing
	1985 Burghley	Individual eventing

Priceless [1][2][3] was a horse ridden by British rider Virginia Leng. She competed the gelding in the sport of eventing. Priceless won four team gold medals for Britain, as well as the Badminton Horse Trials and Burghley Horse Trials.

In every three-day event in which he competed, Priceless never had a cross-country penalty (a feat considered amazing by the eventing community), and did not have a stop the whole of his career. Priceless was excellent on cross-country, being fast, careful, and a good jumper, with great form and scope. Perhaps this was the reason he was never out of the top twelve in any three-day event.

Priceless won eight medals at international championships: four team golds (1981 and 1985 European Championships and the 1982 and 1986 World Championships), one team silver (1984 Olympic Games), two individual golds (1985 European Championships and 1986 World Championships) and one individual bronze (1984 Olympic Games). He is one of the rare horses to have held both European and World team and individual titles concurrently, in addition to Cornishman V and Toytown. He is also the only horse to have won the Burghley Horse Trials twice.

After his eventing career, Priceless fox hunted with his owners, before retiring on Leng's farm. He was euthanized at the age of 28.

"Partnerships like that usually happen once in a lifetime." Lucinda Green

"He's never stopped at a jump, which is quite remarkable. He's one of the all time greats." Richard Meade

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