Product Description

At the age of forty-seven Mary King won a Team Bronze at the Beijing Olympics. In he two 'Caveliers' - 'Call Again Cavalier' and 'Imperial Cavalier' - she has two of the very best event horses in the world. Mary Kings's success in the world of eventing (now officially classed as the most dangerous sport in the world) has been hard won. She does not come from a privileged background - her father a verger and a long-term invalid so money was very tight. Her first pony was the ancient "cast off" from the local vicar's children - and success with this pony gave her an iron will to succeed. And succeed she has. To support herself in the early days she had a variety of unglamorous jobs (this included butcher delivery rounds and cleaning out toilets in the local campsite). Her talent was apparent from very early on and she first competed at Badminton in 1985, had her first win there on King William in 1992 and her second on Star Appeal in 2000. Just when everything seemed to be going well she suffered a terrible fall in 2001 and broke her neck but she was back competing at the very top level the following year. Mary King's story will be both fascinating and inspiring and for anybody with an interest in equestrian sports.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #398 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

About the Author
Mary King is married with two children, Emily and Freddy and lives in Sidmouth in Devon. KATE GREEN (writer) is deputy editor of Country Life and special contributing editor to Horse and Hound. Her previous books have included PIPPA FUNNELL, ANDREW NICHOLSON and BLYTH TAIT.

Customer Reviews

Interesting but not well written.
This is an interesting review of Mary King's career over the years, but it's not that well written. It is quite fast paced making it very easy to read, but there is no real depth to it and you don't really get much of a feel for Mary as a person. She is helped by the same woman who did the Pippa Funnell biography and that is rather the same...

Mary King The Autobiography
This book was excellent, to the point and explainned her life wonderfully - the good times and bad. Mary is a shinning example to the sport. An excellent read.

Mary King
Not able to eview it as it was a present, but it looked very good