Six years ago Clive Reed, a successful show jumper and respected coach, together with his wife Morya and son Conor came into Mickey’s life when one of their clients, young rider Erin Buswell, purchased him as her next high level horse.īuswell and Mickey formed a potent partnership, winning the Junior Grand Prix at Adelaide Royal Show among a host of other titles. When the time was right, Mickey was sold to young rider Jess Knox, who enjoyed great success with him in many junior championship events, including winning the Junior Grand Prix at Sydney Royal. Munt promptly took Mickey through the grades and went on to win the Amateur Show Jumping Championship at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. Nightwish, more affectionately known as Mickey, was both pre-trained and trained on the track by talented show jumper Barry Munt.įollowing Mickey’s two unsuccessful trials, the three-year-old was retired from the racetrack and given to Munt and his wife Robyn to commence his career as a show jumper. Once it was evident the handsome grey gelding was too slow for a career as a racehorse, his journey towards a show jumping career started. Bred at the renowned Woodlands Stud, Nightwish was born a healthy colt in the spring of 2000 and went on to run in two fruitless trials, finishing virtually last in both.

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