British Breeder Magazine May 2020

NEWS - OBITUARIES
Liz Edgar
(28 April 1943 – 25 April 2020)
It was with great sadness that we learned
of the death of former international
showjumper and British Showjumping
Board Director Liz Edgar following a
short battle with cancer.
Liz, the younger sister of David Broome
CBE, moved to Leek Wootton in
Warwickshire from her family home in
Monmouthshire when she married the
late international Showjumper Ted Edgar
in 1965. The Rio Grande farm at Leek
Wootton continued to be their family
home, which they enjoyed with
daughter Marie who arrived six years
after their marriage, and the centre of
their equestrian business until their death.
Liz was widowed at the end of 2018
when husband Ted passed away but
continued with the equestrian business,
alongside daughter Marie, and was
frequently seen at shows taking a
particular interest in the young horse
classes as well as following the success
of those that she had home bred.
As a rider, Liz was incredibly successful
representing Great Britain on numerous
Championship and Nations Cup teams
and a tremendous ambassador for
British Showjumping and equestrianism.
At the age of just twelve she made her
first appearance at Horse of the Year
Show and at the age of 17 years she
won the Young Rider Championships
for the first time before winning it again
the following year. Winning the Queen
Elizabeth Cup five times, a record which
remains unbeaten, she was also the
first woman to win the FEI 5* Aachen
Grand Prix in 1980. Her most prolific
partnership was with the chestnut Everest
Forever, with whom she won the Aachen
Grand Prix, three of her Queen Elizabeth
wins, partnered at the 1984 European
Championships in Munich and also
rode on the Nations Cup team at Dublin
Horse Show in 1985 when they lifted the
Aga Khan trophy.
In latter years, breeding showjumping
horses of the future was a particular
passion for Liz and she took great pride
in having bred Diva II who had a very
high profile Grand Prix win at Olympia
in 2014 before going on to represent
Great Britain at the European
Championships in 2015 with Ben Maher.
Having bred Diva, from a mare that she
had competed successfully with herself
called Debutante, it gave Liz great
pleasure to see her flourish with Ben
whom she had also assisted early on in
his career. Liz was highly respected and
liked by all who knew her, she always
made time for everyone & was extremely
personable.
Read full obituary at
www.britishshowjumping.co.uk
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