Seldom Seen
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Seldom Seen was a horse that competed at the highest levels of dressage with his rider, Lendon Gray.
- Lived: 1970-1996
- Color: Gray
- Sex: Gelding
- Height: 14.2 hh
- Breed: Connemara/Thoroughbred
- Rider: Lendon Gray
- Owner: Peg Whitehurst
American-bred Seldom Seen was trained and competed by the Olympic dressage rider Lendon Gray. The pony was originally intended to be a Pony Club mount for Kim, the daughter of Peg Whitehurst. He won USDF Horse of the Year awards from Third Level through Grand Prix, as well as an individual gold medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Syracuse, NY. He was also AHSA Reserve Champion at 2nd level and AHSA Champion at 3rd, 4th, Prix St. Georges, and Intermediaire 1.
The impressive pony was retired in 1987, after winning the Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special, and Grand Prix Freestyle at Dressage at Devon. He died in 1996, at the age of 26.
Although very small for a Grand Prix dressage horse, and described as an average mover, Seldom Seen was very successful, and was particularly loved by the public because he was an "average" horse that performed spectacularily. The pony was inducted into the USDF Hall of Fame in 2005.
Google video of his retirement ceremony at Dressage at Devon in 1987. The video explains how he got his name.
