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Mark Todd and Gandalf

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Mark Todd and Gandalf

Mark Todd won Olympic gold medals in 1984 and 1988 riding his horse Charisma, who died in 2003. Following a period in retirement, Mark Todd was selected for the 2008 Olympic Games, this time on Gandalf. Here, Mark Todd and Gandalf are competing in a three-day equestrian event at the Puhinui Horse Trials, in March 2008, which they won.

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Emma Meyer, Horses – Recreation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19294/mark-todd-and-gandalf (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Emma Meyer, published 1 March 2009.