2004 Olympic Games - Eventing

What's in a Horse's Name

Oaklea Groover (Rebel Morrow, Australia)

In 1999 Rebel Morrow spent 300 dollars on a failed racehorse destined for the knackers' yard. Now she has just competed at her first Olympic Games on the same horse, who likes to take life in the groove. "Groover is an amazing horse, but when he is not competing he takes life easy " just to eat and sleep."

Drunken Disorderly (Mark Kyle, Ireland)

Mark Kyle's wife Tanya bought this horse as a four-year-old. His previous owner, Duncan, was nicknamed 'Drunken Duncan' not for any reason of insobriety but because his friends thought it tripped off the tongue. But it was over a beer or two that his former horse became 'Drunken Disorderly'. Tanya said: "He's a super horse but he has always liked to do things his own way and as a young horse he was a bit wobbly and unco-ordinated".