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Stroller was a member of the British team who competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, ridden by Marion Coakes. Wiliam Steinkraus and Snowbound won the Gold Medal while Marion and Stroller won the Individual Silver Medal, only four faults behind Steinkraus.Stroller jumped one of the only two clear rounds in the Olympic individual championship. In 1967, Marion rode 14.1 hhStroller to victory in the Hickstead Derby, the only pony to have ever won this event. This partnership won the Wills Hickstead Gold Medal, for points gained in the major events during the year, for five years consecutively from 1965 to 1970. Stroller was the grand age of 20 when he won the 1970 Hamburg Derby. The pair won 61 international competitions.

Stroller died of a heart attack at the high age 36(!) in 1986, after 15 years of happy retirement. He is buried at Barton-on-Sea Golf Club, New Milton, Hampshire, England."



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Har hört mycket om denna ponny förut, men inte riktigt haft namnet på ponnyn för att kolla upp det, men då min mamma äntligen tog fram namnet så vart jag ytterst glad. Det bevisar bara att det är viljan, och inte höjden och bredden på en häst och en ponny som tar dem hela vägen!