{{short description|British show jumping rider}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=July 2024}} {{tone|date=July 2024}} {{Cleanup press release|date=July 2024}}}}{{EngvarB|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Scott Brash | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = Scott Brash.jpg | image_size = | caption = Brash in 2012 | birth_name = | fullname = Scott Brash | nickname = | nationality = Scottish | residence = | birth_date = 23 November 1985 | birth_place = Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = Great Britain | website = {{URL|scottbrashequestrian.co.uk}} | sport = Show jumping | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = GB | turnedpro = | coach = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = London 2012 | paralympics = | highestranking = 1 | pb = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Equestrian }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} center|80px {{MedalGold | 2012 London | Team jumping}} {{MedalGold | 2024 Paris | Team jumping}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Herning|Team jumping}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2013 Herning|Team Jumping}} {{MedalSilver|2025 A Coruna|Individual Jumping}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Herning|Individual Jumping}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Rotterdam|Team Jumping}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Lyon|Individual jumping}} }} thumb|Scott Brash with Ursula XII in 2013 '''Scott Brash''' MBE (born 23 November 1985) is a Scottish showjumper. He began riding the horse Hello Sanctos in early 2012. They competed as part of the British Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the team jumping event. In 2015, he became the first rider to win show jumping's Rolex Grand Slam, all three of the sport's most prestigious events in a single year, earning the sport's biggest individual prize of €1 million (£735,000).<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Scott|title=Brash's Spruce Meadows win a magical moment for sport|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/sprucemeadows/spruce-meadows-scott-brash-makes-magic-1.3227396?cmp=rss&cid=news-digests-sports|accessdate=15 September 2015|publisher=CBC Sports|date=14 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=bbc2015>{{cite news|title=Scott Brash makes showjumping history by winning Grand Slam|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/equestrian/34239608|accessdate=15 September 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 September 2015}}</ref>
In September 2025 Scott won the Spruce Meadows Rolex Master €5million GP at the 50th anniversary show of Spruce Meadows taking home a €1.6 million Canadian dollar prize. He is the only rider the win the Spruce Meadows Masters three times and has now won a prestigious five Rolex Grand Slams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Showjumping |first=www worldofshowjumping com, World of |title=“Shocked, surprised and delighted" – Scott Brash and Hello Jefferson take the title after an epic battle in the CPKC 'International', presented by Rolex, at Spruce Meadows |url=https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/Rolex-Grand-Slam-events/Shocked-surprised-and-delighted-Scott-Brash-and-Hello-Jefferson-take-the-title-after-an-epic-battle-in-the-CPKC-International-pr.html |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=www.worldofshowjumping.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life == Brash was born in Peebles, Scotland, and is the son of a builder.<ref name=plasticbrit>{{cite news|last=Hubbard|first=Alan|title=Wonder horse or ultimate Plastic Brit?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/wonder-horse-or-ultimate-plastic-brit-7768764.html|accessdate=1 July 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=20 May 2012}}</ref> He attended Newlands Primary School and Peebles High School as a child, and at seven years old, he began riding his own pony. At the age of ten he began show jumping in The Pony Club.<ref name=peebles>{{cite news|title=Peebles showjumper continues to triumph in the United States|url=http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/other-sports/peebles-showjumper-continues-to-triumph-in-the-united-states-1-2215095|accessdate=1 July 2012|newspaper=The Southern Reporter|date=5 April 2012}}</ref>
== Career == {{Tone|date=July 2024|section "Career"}} 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.
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. He placed ahead of Richard Spooner in second and Kent Farrington in third.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/news/scott-brash-and-sanctos-200000-world-cup-victory|title = SCOTT BRASH & SANCTOS $200,000 WORLD CUP VICTORY - the Official Website of British Showjumping}}</ref> In May he was part of the British team that finished sixth at the Rome Nations Cup in May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rome Nations Cup – Scott Brash|url=http://www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/region/Scotland/news/rome-nations-cup---scott-brash|accessdate=1 July 2012|newspaper=British Show Jumping|date=29 May 2012}}</ref> He was named as part of Great Britain's show jumping team for the 2012 Olympics along with Nick Skelton, Ben Maher and Peter Charles.<ref name=july1bbc>{{cite news|title=London 2012: Showjumper Scott Brash to make Olympic debut|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18663531|access-date=1 July 2012|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 July 2012}}</ref>
At the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Brash and Hello Sanctos won a gold medal as part of the British show jumping team.<ref name=bbc2015/> They finished fifth in the individual competition.
Brash was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=24 |supp=y}}</ref> That year, Brash and Hello Sanctos won the team gold and individual bronze medal at the Herning European Show Jumping Championships. In November 2013, on the day of his 28th birthday, Brash won the last event of the 2013 Global Champions Tour, the Doha Grand Prix, and secured himself the overall championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.globalchampionstour.com/events/2013/doha/news/962/brash-makes-it-a-birthday-double-winning-championship-and-doha-grand-prix/|title = Brash makes it a birthday double winning Championship and Doha Grand Prix|publisher = Global Champions Tour|publication-date = 23 November 2013|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004809/http://www.globalchampionstour.com/events/2013/doha/news/962/brash-makes-it-a-birthday-double-winning-championship-and-doha-grand-prix/|archivedate = 3 December 2013|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In 2014, with Hello Sanctos, he won the Top 10 competition and the Rolex Grand Prix in Palexpo, Geneva.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In May 2015, Brash and Hello Sanctos won the Rolex Grand Prix titles in Aachen, Germany, Geneva, Switzerland, Spruce Meadows, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the sport's three most prestigious annual events. This made him the first rider to win the Rolex Grand Slam and show jumping's biggest individual prize of 1m Euros (£735,000).<ref name=cbc/><ref name=bbc2015/>
Scott Brash won three legs of the Longines Global Champions Tour in 2015, including Miami Beach and Cascais (Estoril) with Hello Sanctos, and Monaco with Hello M'Lady.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 2017, Brash was disqualified from a Global Champions League event in Portugal after traces of blood were found on his horse Hello Forever.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/09/sport/showjumping-cascais-brash-disqualified/index.html|title=Top showjumper Brash DQ'd over blood rule|first=Paul |last=Gittings|work=CNN|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> The controversial disqualification led to a push by some in the showjumping community to soften enforcement of the so-called 'blood rule.'<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/sports/blood-rule-equestrian.html|title=When There Is Blood on a Horse, Is It an Accident or Abuse?|date=2018-04-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-06-07|language=English|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 2018, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://horseandcountry.tv/scott-brash-thrills-home-crowd-with-win-in-global-champions-tour-london/|title=Scott Brash thrills home crowd with win in Global Champions Tour London|date=2018-08-06|work=Horse & Country|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref>
Brash remains close to the top of the Longines World Rankings as he has since his last Olympic appearance in 2012.<ref name=bbc2015/> Brash is currently the world number #4 rider.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rankings and Standings |url=https://data.fei.org/Ranking/Search.aspx?rankingCode=S_WR |website=International Federation for Equestrian Sports |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501202319/https://data.fei.org/Ranking/Search.aspx?rankingCode=S_WR |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Honors == *Designated Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in 2013;<ref name="Biography">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.scottbrashequestrian.co.uk/about/biography/ |website=Scott Brash Equestrian |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref> *Engaged into The British Horse Society Equestrian Hall of Fame in 2015;<ref name="Biography"/>
==International championship results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="11" align="center" | '''Results''' |- ! Year ! Event ! Horse ! Placing !Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 2010 || rowspan="2" | World Equestrian Games || rowspan="2" |Hello Intertoy Z |9th |Team |- |37th |Individual |- | rowspan="2" | 2012 || rowspan="2" | Olympic Games || rowspan="2" |Hello Sanctos |{{Gold01}} |Team |- |5th |Individual |- | rowspan="2" |2013 | rowspan="2" |European Championships | rowspan="2" |Hello Sanctos |{{Gold01}} |Team |- |{{Bronze03}} |Individual |- |2014 |World Cup Final |Ursula XII |{{Bronze03}} |individual |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 || rowspan="2" |World Equestrian Games | rowspan="2" | Hello Sanctos ||18th |Team |- |49th |Individual |- | rowspan="2" |2019 | rowspan="2" |European Championships | rowspan="2" |Hello M'Lady |{{Bronze03}} |Team |- |36th |Individual |- | colspan="11" align="center" |<small> EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew </small> |}
== Horses == {{Tone|date=July 2024|section Horses}} Brash's top horse was Hello Sanctos. Together they won Team Gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games. They have had many other successes together including the Rolex Grand Slam, the Global Champions Tour in 2013 and 2014, several LGCT Grand Prix wins and many times through to the top 18.<ref name=CgyHrld/> Another important horse in Brash's career was Ursula XII, a mare officially retired from competition in 2018 at Olympia London International Horse Show.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ursula XII retirement |url=https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/Ursula-XII-gets-special-retirement-ceremony-at-Olympia-The-London-International-Horse-Show.html |website=World of Show Jumping |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref> Hello Forever took part of his stable for few years and the two won lots of international and global competitions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Forever |url=https://www.scottbrashequestrian.co.uk/horses/hello-forever/ |website=Scott Brash Equestrian |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
Brash's up-coming horses include Hello Mr President, Hello Jefferson, Hello Senator, Hello Vittoria, Hello Shelby and Hello Vincent. {{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
The horses are owned by Lord and Lady Harris of Peckham and Lord and Lady Kirkham.<ref name=CgyHrld>{{cite news|last1=Mingo|first1=Rita|title=Scottish-born Brash needs CP International win at Spruce Meadows for lucrative bonus cheque|url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/spruce-meadows/scottish-born-brash-needs-cp-international-win-at-spruce-meadows-for-lucrative-bonus-cheque|accessdate=15 September 2015|work=The Calgary Herald|date=8 September 2015}}</ref>
==See also== * 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == *[http://www.scottbrashequestrian.co.uk/ Official website]
{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team jumping}}
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