Sam Griffiths
Sam Griffiths is an Australian Eventing rider from Pearcedale in Victoria. 2017 saw him as the Ambassador to the Mitsubishi Motors Adelaide International Horse Trials. 4th individually at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and part of the Bronze medal winning team. He won the 2014 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials riding Paulank Brockagh who he later went on to ride in the FEI World Equestrian Games. Winner of the 2014 Event Rider of the Year L'Année Hippique Awards. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Individual and Team eventing, but fell during the cross-country event and did not finish.[1][2] He was originally selected as the second reserve rider, but entered the team when two other Australian horses were unable to compete.[3] Now based in the UK competing himself and training other riders.
_2011.jpg.webp) Sam Griffiths and Happy Times at the Quarry during the cross-country phase of Badminton Horse Trials 2011. | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Equestrian | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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CCI5* Results
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| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | Bicton | |||||
| 2004 | 6th (Private Colin) 34th (Chamois IV) |
17th (Private Colin) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 15th (Connigar Bay) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 26th (Connigar Bay) | 8th (Connigar Bay) | ||||||||||
| 2007 | WD (Connigar Bay) | 11th (Connigar Bay) | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 26th (Connigar Bay) | |||||||||||
| 2009 |  (Happy Times) |
(Happy Times) |
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| 2010 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 4th (Happy Times) | 16th (Happy Times) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 9th (Happy Times) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 15th (Happy Times) 43rd (Paulank Brockagh) |
12th (Happy Times) 13th (Paulank Brockagh) |
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| 2014 |  (Paulank Brockagh) |
(Happy Times) |
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| 2015 | 10th (Paulank Brockagh) RET (Happy Times) |
9th (Paulank Brockagh) 27th (Happy Times) |
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| 2016 | 29th (Paulank Brockagh) | RET (Happy Times) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 34th (Paulank Brockagh) | 8th (Paulank Brockagh) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 15th (Paulank Brockaugh) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | RET (Billy Liffy) | 7th (Paulank Brockagh) | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 13th (Gutera Cher) | |||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
Notable Horses
- Private Colin- 1994 Bay Gelding
- 2003 Asian Pacific Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
- In The Groove - 1989 Bay Irish Sport Horse Gelding
- 2003 FEI World Cup Final - 19th Place
- Noble Opposition - 1997 Bay Gelding
- 2004 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - 17th Place
- Motion Bound - 2001 Brown Gelding (Farrington Spondulicks x Horace)
- 2008 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - 16th Place
- Happy Times - 1999 Bay Oldenburg Gelding (Heraldik XX x Maraschino)
- 2012 London Olympic Games - Team Sixth Place
- Paulank Brockagh - 2003 Bay Irish Sport Horse Mare (Touchdown x Trigerrero)
- 2014 Badminton CCI**** Winner
- 2014 World Equestrian Games - Team Fourth Place, Individual 16th Place
- 2016 Rio Olympics - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Fourth Place
References
- Olympic results
- "Equestrian hopes seem forlorn after falls on Greenwich course". 31 July 2012.
- {{cite Other notable results include 3rd at Burghley Horse Trails riding Happy Times in 2014 news|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8506847 |title=Griffiths still in shock at London call-up|first=Steve|last=Larkin||date=28 July 2012}}