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Show jumping

Big Ben

horse

Record05Structured source profile
Discipline groupShow jumping
Record depthStructured source profile
Source checkedJuly 26, 2026

Structured record

Identity snapshot

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Foaled
1976
Died
1999
Sex
Male
Breed
Belgian Warmblood
Recorded use
show jumping horse

Reference desk

Documented relationships

Pedigree, participation, and honors appear only when the upstream entity links them explicitly.

Pedigree

No sire or dam is present in this source record.

Events & honors

Award
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Award
Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

Catalog identity

Wikidata entity
Q858503
Permanent revision
#2452977300
Record depth
Structured source profile
Source links
2

Provenance

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Every connection below is generated from fields already present in the source-linked archive. It is a research lead, not a claim that two horses had equivalent careers.

Compare documented peers

These horses share multiple recorded identity fields, such as discipline, breed, country, sex, or foaling period.

  • Rights-reviewed source image associated with Cornet Obolensky on Wikimedia Commons

    Show jumping

    Cornet Obolensky

    show jumping horse

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Belgian Warmblood
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Foaled within twenty-five years
    1999
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
    Continue to profile
  • Rights-reviewed source image associated with Upsilon d’Ocquier on Wikimedia Commons

    Show jumping

    Upsilon d’Ocquier

    show jumping horse

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Belgian Warmblood
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Foaled within twenty-five years
    1997
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
    Continue to profile

  • Show jumping

    Toulon

    show jumping horse

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Belgian Warmblood
    Shared discipline
    Show jumping
    Foaled within twenty-five years
    1996
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
    Continue to profile

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Field notebook

Questions the available evidence can support

  1. Era comparison

    Start with Big Ben's recorded foaling year (1976). Date every comparison and keep later commentary separate from contemporaneous results.

    Based on: Recorded foaling year

  2. Connection map

    Trace the recorded honor entries one source at a time. Preserve the role and date attached to each source rather than assuming a permanent relationship.

    Based on: Named connections, events, or honors

  3. Identity language

    Copy breed, studbook, sex, and place terms exactly as the source presents them; note conflicts instead of silently standardizing them.

    Based on: Recorded identity fields

  4. Source check

    Open the 3 linked sources, record the publisher and retrieval or revision date, and mark which displayed fields each source actually supports.

    Based on: Linked source trail

From profile to reading room

Continue from Big Ben's record

4 original briefs · 31 reading minutes · 16 direct references. These are research-method companions, not additional claims about the horse.

01Advanced rider education

Discipline research

Advanced riding knowledge is a framework, not a remote lesson

A research site can sharpen observation of rhythm, balance, line, recovery, and horse response. It cannot safely prescribe a correction for a partnership it cannot see.

Why read this next: This advanced rider education brief shares the profile's Show jumping classification. Its 3 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.

7 min read3 sources
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02Course research

Discipline research

The course changes the meaning of the round

The result says what was recorded. The course explains the question: lines, turns, combinations, footing, atmosphere, and the choices available to one horse-rider partnership.

Why read this next: This course research brief shares the profile's Show jumping classification. Its 4 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.

7 min read4 sources
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03Results literacy

Discipline research

How to read a jumper result without misreading the horse

A placing is the output of a particular class format. Identify the scoring table, round structure, faults, time, and field before comparing horses.

Why read this next: This results literacy brief shares the profile's Show jumping classification. Its 4 direct references help test context and source boundaries; the brief is not evidence about this individual horse.

8 min read4 sources
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04Leasing and due diligence

Cross-discipline method

Before you lease, build the horse dossier first

A good lease search connects the rider's real goal with verified identity, records, trial observations, independent veterinary input, total care costs, and written responsibilities.

Why read this next: This leasing and due diligence brief supplies a horse-life research checklist with 5 direct references. Apply the method to open questions, not as evidence about this individual horse.

9 min read5 sources
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Record boundary

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