The name Whitaker is nothing short of royalty in the British equestrian landscape. And there’s no venue where that royalty reigns quite as supreme as Hickstead in West Sussex. Twenty-twenty...
From Irish banks and towering stone walls to that legendary, 10-foot drop down the bank, it takes a special kind of horse to win the Al Shira’aa Derby at Hickstead....
If Black Beauty needed a real-life equine stand-in for a modern remake, Robert Whitaker’s ride, Vermento, would be a good place for casting to start. Bred by Robert’s father, British Olympic silver...
