Friday, September 21, 2012

Her ride's here: Olympic horse for a Springsteen

FILE- photo dated October 6 2011 of Jessica Springsteen riding in Birmingham England. Olympic gold medallist Peter Charles' London 2012 horse Murka's Vindicat W has been sold to Jessica, the daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen, an American international showjumper, will now ride the 10-year-old gelding that secured team gold for Great Britain at the London Olympics 2012 (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES

FILE- photo dated October 6 2011 of Jessica Springsteen riding in Birmingham England. Olympic gold medallist Peter Charles' London 2012 horse Murka's Vindicat W has been sold to Jessica, the daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen, an American international showjumper, will now ride the 10-year-old gelding that secured team gold for Great Britain at the London Olympics 2012 (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES

(AP) ? Her ride's here.

Bruce Springsteen's daughter has bought a gold medal-winning horse from the London Olympics with hopes of competing for the United States in showjumping at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Peter Charles rode Murka's Vindicat W in a jump-off to clinch the Olympic team title for Britain last month. He says the 10-year-old gelding has been sold to Jessica Springsteen.

Charles says on his Facebook page, "I wish Jessica the best of luck with him and I am sure he will make her proud, too."

The fee paid for the horse known as "Vinnie" wasn't disclosed.

The 20-year-old rock star's daughter started riding at age 5 and missed the cut for the U.S. Olympic equestrian team for London.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/347875155d53465d95cec892aeb06419/Article_2012-09-20-EQU-Springsteen-Golden-Horse/id-2a109198e04c4f8bbbf1e2bb661505f6

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