Eddie

This out-and-out field master’s horse” will jump anything in front asking him to hunt in the field is another matter, though

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S most famous portrait is on his grey Arab Marengo, the archetypal cavalry horse. Eddie would have been a good model.

“We call him the white charger,” says Edward Page, joint master of the Bedale. “In eight seasons, he’s never put a stop in.”

Indeed, it is nigh impossible to prevent him from jumping.

“He’s a lunatic!” Edward laughs. “If you don’t come at a hanging gate on a funny angle or sideways, he’ll jump it even if you don’t want to.”

The 17hh Irish sports horse is ideal for Edward’s needs.

“I bought him as an out-and-out field master’s horse when I joined the mastership in 2016,” he explains. “I knew I needed a machine.”

Edward’s wife Chloe found him, “down country” with Hayden Hankey in Cheshire.