Mighty Nice

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Mighty Nice
Breed Irish Sport Horse
Sex Gelding
Foaled 2004
Owner HND Group
Trainer Phillip Dutton
Major wins
Individual bronze in eventing in 2016 Olympic Games

Mighty Nice is an Irish Sport Horse gelding ridden in the sport of eventing by Phillip Dutton. Dutton and Mighty Nice won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Irish Sport Horse Irish breed of horse

The Irish Sport Horse is an Irish breed of warmblood sporting horse, used mostly for dressage, eventing and show-jumping. It was bred from 1923 by cross-breeding of Irish Draught and Thoroughbred stock. There was some limited intromission of Hanoverian, Selle Français and Trakehner blood in the 1990s. It is a recognised true breed – foals may only be registered in the main section of the stud-book if both parents are registered in that section.

Eventing equestrian triathlon

Eventing is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other combinations across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test that required mastery of several types of riding. The competition may be run as a one-day event (ODE), where all three events are completed in one day or a three-day event (3DE), which is more commonly now run over four days, with dressage on the first two days, followed by cross-country the next day and then show jumping in reverse order on the final day. Eventing was previously known as Combined Training, and the name persists in many smaller organizations. The term "Combined Training" is sometimes confused with the term "Combined Test", which refers to a combination of just two of the phases, most commonly dressage and show jumping.

Phillip Dutton equestrian

Phillip Peter Dutton, OAM is an Australian-born Olympic-level equestrian rider competing in eventing for the United States of America. He is a dual Olympic gold medalist who formerly competed for his country of birth but now competes for the USA.

Life and career

Mighty Nice is an Irish Sport Horse gelding foaled in 2004. [1] [2] He is owned by HND Group and ridden by Australian-born equestrian Phillip Dutton, who competes for the United States. Dutton and Mighty Nice won a bronze individual medal in eventing during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1]

Gelding Castrated horse or other male equine

A gelding is a castrated horse or other equine, such as a donkey or a mule. Castration, as well as the elimination of hormonally-driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male horse to be calmer and better-behaved, making the animal quieter, gentler and potentially more suitable as an everyday working animal. The gerund and participle "gelding" and the infinitive "to geld" refer to the castration procedure itself.

Foal A horse of either sex up to the age of one year

A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal is nursing from its dam (mother), it may also be called a "suckling". After it has been weaned from its dam, it may be called a "weanling". When a mare is pregnant, she is said to be "in foal". When the mare gives birth, she is "foaling", and the impending birth is usually stated as "to foal". A newborn horse is "foaled".

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References

  1. 1 2 "Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice Capture Individual Eventing Bronze - USET Foundation". 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Aussie turned American medals in eventing - Reuters" . Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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