equestrian born december rome new_york american equestrian competes sport grew family horses began compete events family friend introduced riding began college left year train time married children born son followed footsteps rider tried united_states team accepted won medal member silver medal winning team summer olympics went win gold olympics silver participating unsuccessfully competed repeatedly winning medals winning repeatedly level day events 1980s early 1990s consistently level rider american international scenes known horse breeding training abilities personal life born francis businessman concert pianist children little opportunity horses family moved massachusetts child family friend introduced horses began attending events bought trained sold horses found championship horse irish cap horse took gold medal world championship went college major left year train married rider daughter owns extensive property pennsylvania surrounding son born followed daughter grandson born nancy internationally competitive event rider competing high level events kentucky day father competition massachusetts horse suffered fall freak accident horse high scope broke neck died instantly taken intensive care unit treated injuries released missed year day event kentucky undergoing surgery repair discs career competition participated aspiring run trying build united_states team international level talent according didn know diagonal posting came years later riding olympics chosen began training year seven day week program new_jersey won team medals olympic games competed games games age took individual eighth american team won silver summer olympics team won gold came tenth individually finished 13th individually lowest scoring member gold medal winning united_states team games took 18th american team finish competition compete individual american team took silver outside olympics competed repeatedly world championships took individual team gold world championships individual gold championships victory championships aboard american win event win aboard rider win championships event inexperienced backup horse irish cap went lame leading scenario sports_illustrated likened junior high school quarterback leading victory rose bowl inexperience led increased rumors activity shock replied horse tired praised stamina united_states took team bronze championships took individual bronze world championships stockholm sweden competed world equestrian games rome took individual 21st place helping team 4th pan american games took individual team silver followed individual gold team silver games ridden americans win event holds honor having wins day event victories world championship victory credited helping create event victory allowed host world championships event turned annual competition eventually kentucky day continues star competition united_states competed event year began held place world rankings compiled annually named leading rider named influential horsemen 20th century magazine chronicle horse inducted horse horse ridden inducted known success finding training horses rides international level purchased age years year old ended championship horses currently says ultimate sport breed train win carry system right
Bruce Davidson (equestrian)