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As the royal children get new ponies, why horse riding is a rite of passage for posh kids
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telegraph.co.ukPrincess Anne represented Great Britain in eventing at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, the first member of the royal family to do so.
In 2012, the Princess Royal’s daughter Zara Tindall followed suit at the London Olympics, and now, seven-year-old Mia Tindall has taken up the sport, reportedly being plonked on her first pony aged 19 months.
But it’s not just six-foot fences that have the royals champing at the bit. Prince Philip was taught to play polo by his uncle Lord Mountbatten, and after the Second World War, set up what is now the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park.
The Duke of Edinburgh played until he was 50, when he retired and instead took up carriage driving, now a favourite pastime of his granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor,.
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