14 Facts About Scott Brash

Scott Brash MBE was born on 23 November 1985 and is a Scottish showjumper.

Scott Brash began riding the horse Hello Sanctos in early 2012.

Scott Brash attended Newlands Primary School and Peebles High School as a child, and at seven years old, he began riding his own pony.

Scott Brash achieve his first important results around 2010 with Intertoy Z Among the best appearances, there are 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, CSIO5* Nations Cup, Dublin and Aachen 2011.

Scott Brash won the World Cup Grand Prix in Florida in March 2012 during the run up to the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the prize fund of $60,000.

Scott Brash placed ahead of Richard Spooner in second and Kent Farrington in third.

Scott Brash was named as part of Great Britain's show jumping team for the 2012 Olympics along with Nick Skelton, Ben Maher and Peter Charles.

Scott Brash was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.

In November 2013, on the day of his 28th birthday, Scott Brash won the last event of the 2013 Global Champions Tour, the Doha Grand Prix, and secured himself the overall championship.

Scott Brash won three legs of the Longines Global Champions Tour in 2015, including Miami Beach and Cascais with Hello Sanctos, and Monaco with Hello M'Lady.

In 2017, Scott Brash was disqualified from a Global Champions League event in Portugal after traces of blood were found on his horse Hello Forever.

In 2018, Scott Brash won the London Grand Prix of the Longines Global Champions Tour, seeing his total of LGCT Grands Prix victories reach eleven; the highest number held by any rider since the Tour was founded in 2006.

Scott Brash remains close to the top of the Longines World Rankings as he has since his last Olympic appearance in 2012.

Scott Brash's up-coming horses include Hello Mr President, Hello Jefferson, Hello Senator, Hello Vittoria, Hello Shelby and Hello Vincent.