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  • David Broome is a world champion show jumper whose horses are kept at his stables near Chepstow. He won the European championships in 1961, 1967, and 1969, Olympic bronze medals in 1960 and 1968, and the world championship in 1970. He turned professional in 1973 and continued to ride throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
David Broome by Dorrien
Sir Harry Llewellyn by Dorrien
  • Top left: Captain Lindsay, 1st prize polo pony; inset Mr D.T. Alexander; middle top: Mr W.J Talsenn; top right: polo jump; middle left: 1st prize tandem; middle right: Mr Robert- Forrest (mounted); bottom left: 2nd prize tandem; bottom right: the wall jump.
Cardiff Horse Show, Cardiff, c. 1920s