The newly crowned Olympic showjumping champion Christian Kukuk took time out of his busy schedule at the London leg of the Global Champions Tour to talk to H&H, just days after his victory in Paris. The 34-year-old tells us how he first got into riding, what other sport vied for his attention and the uncanny coincidence of bloodlines in his Olympic partner Checker 47.
1. Christian did not start riding until he was a teenager.