William Fox-Pitt

William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt (born 2 January 1969, Hampstead) is a British three-day eventing rider. He was educated at Eton College and the University of London. Fox-Pitt began riding at age four, and started eventing at age 15. He was born into an equestrian family, with both parents having ridden around Badminton and Burghley and his siblings having been very successful as well. He holds, with Ginny Elliott and Mark Todd, the record for the most wins (five) at the Burghley Horse Trials; [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/equestrian/7603022.stm
title=Fifth Burghley crown for Fox-Pitt
publisher=BBC Sport
date=7 September, 2008
accessdate=2008-09-07] William's victories coming in 1994, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Additional major wins have been at the Badminton Horse Trials in 2004, at Gatcombe Park in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2005, and team golds in European Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He also represented Great Britain at the Atlanta, 2004 Athens and Beijing Olympics, winning team silver in Athens and team bronze in Beijing. As of 2006, he was ranked the leading rider in Britain for the sixth year running and 2nd in the world. William is married to Channel 4 Racing presenter Alice Plunkett. They have two sons, Oliver who was born in August 2005 and Thomas, born 15th November 2006. William is a regular columnist in the weekly equestrian magazine, Horse & Hound.

Career highlights

2008

*1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
*2nd Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
*3rd Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
*1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Navigator)
*1st Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI **** (Macchiato)2007

*1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Macchiato)
*1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Parkmore Ed)
*1st Blair CCI*** (Macchiato)
*5th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)2006

*9th Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
*11th Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI **** (Birthday Night)
*1st Hartpary CCI*** (Moon Man)
*15th Aachen WEG **** (Tamarillo)
*3rd Blenheim Horse Trials CCI*** (Parkmore Ed)
*6th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)2005

*1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
*1st Boekelo Horse Trials CCI*** (Mr. Dumbledore)
*2nd Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
*1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Mr. Dumbledore)
*2nd Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Idalgo)
*1st Gatcombe British Open (Moon Man)
*Team gold and individual silver at the European Championships (Tamarillo)
*Winner of the British Eventing Premier League2004

*1st Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
*4th Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Ballincoola)
*7th Fontainebleau (Stunning)
*Team silver at the Athens Olympics (Tamarillo)2003

*5th Le Lion d’Angers (Idalgo)
*8th Le Lion d’Angers (Igor de Cluis)
*1st Boekelo (Tom Cruise)
*Team gold and 8th individual European Championships, Punchestown, Ireland (Moon Man)
*1st CIC World Cup Qualifier, Thirlestane Castle (Stunning)
*1st British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Stunning)
*2nd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
*1st British Intermediate Championships, Gatcombe Park (Tom Cruise II)
*1st Luhmühlen Horse Trials CIC *** (Tom Cruise II)
*1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Wallow)
*2nd Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Ballincoola)
*7th Saumur (Coastal Ties)
*1st Chatsworth CIC World Cup Qualifier (Stunning)
*3rd Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Moon Man)2002

*Team bronze World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain (Tamarillo)
*1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Highland Lad)
*7th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Moon Man)
*4th Boekelo (Stunning)
*3rd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
*4th British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Stunning)
*4th Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Stunning)
*2nd Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
*6th Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Highland Lad)
*8th Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Just A Sovereign)2001

*5th and Team gold European Champs, Pau, France (Stunning)
*4th Bonn Roderberg CCIO (Barclay Square)
*4th Saumur (Stunning)
*9th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Springleaze Macaroo)2000

*1st British Open Champs, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
*1st Blenheim Horse Trials CCI *** (Stunning)
*2nd Blenheim Horse Trials CCI *** (Tamarillo)1999

*2nd Achselschwang (Moon Man)
*7th Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Moon Man)1997

*Individual silver and Team gold European Open Championships, Burghley (Cosmopolitan II)
*2nd Scottish Open Championships, Thirlestane Castle (Cosmopolitan II)
*3rd Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Cosmopolitan II)1996

*5th Olympic Games Team Competition, Atlanta, USA (Cosmopolitan II)
*6th Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Lismore Lord Charles)
*5th Boekelo (Mostly Mischief)1995

*6th and Team gold European Open Championships, Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy (Cosmopolitan II)
*1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Cosmopolitan II)
*1st British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Chaka)
*6th Blenheim Horse Trials CCI *** (Loch Alan)
*5th Boekelo (Faerie Diadem)1994

*1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Chaka)
*2nd Scottish Open Championships, Thirlestane Castle (Chaka)
*7th Punchestown (Thomastown)
*2nd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Chaka)1993

*7th Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Chaka)1990

*4th and Team gold Young Rider European Championships (Steadfast)
*3rd Young Rider National Championships (Faerie Sovereign)1989

*Individual bronze and Team silver Young Rider European Championships, Achselschwang, Germany1988

*4th and Team gold Young Rider European Championships, Zonhoven, Belgium (Steadfast)1987

*Individual silver Junior European Championships, Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy (Steadfast)
*5th Junior National Championships 1985

*8th Junior National Championships 1985

References

Websites

* [http://www.foxpitteventing.co.uk/ William Fox-Pitt Official Website]
* [http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/galleries/v/britishteam/williamfoxpitt/ William Fox-Pitt photo gallery] at Horse & Hound