Ready Teddy (horse)

Ready Teddy
BreedThoroughbred
SireBrilliant Invader
GrandsireVain
DamDouble Summer
Maternal grandsireKwanza
SexGelding
Foaled1987
Died23 April 2011 (aged 23)
CountryNew Zealand
ColourChestnut
OwnerBlyth Tait
Ready Teddy
Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Individual eventing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Rome, Italy Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 1998 Rome, Italy Team eventing

Ready Teddy (1987 – 23 April 2011) was an eventing horse competitively ridden by New Zealand equestrian Blyth Tait. Together the pair competed in three Olympics, winning gold at the 1996 Summer Games, and took two golds at the 1998 World Equestrian Games. He was the first eventing horse to win individual gold at both an Olympic Games and a World Equestrian Games. Ready Teddy died from colic in 2011.