Anneli Drummond-Hay

Elizabeth Ann Drummond-Hay (4 August 1937 – 31 July 2022), better known as Anneli Drummond-Hay, was a British eventer and show jumper who won the 1961 Burghley Horse Trials riding her horse Merely-a-Monarch.

Early life Drummond-Hay was born in Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England on 4 August 1937, to James Drummond-Hay (1905–1981) and his wife Lady Margaret Douglas-Hamilton (1907–1993), a daughter of Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton.

Competitive career Drummond-Hay began riding on polo ponies. At the age of 16, she won the European Pony Championship and was the leading rider of combined training in Britain for three years.

She won both Badminton and the first ever Burghley Horse Trials and was 2nd five times.

Drummond-Hay changed to show jumping and won many Grand Prix competitions including Brussels, Geneva, 's-Hertogenbosch, Paris, Berlin, Toronto, Chile, Luxembourg, Monaco, Madrid, Mexico, Amsterdam, South Africa, Palermo and Great Britain. She won 2nd in Aachen, Rotterdam and the La Baule Grand Prix.

She won the Rome Derby on two occasions, the Hickstead Derby, the Geneva Derby, the Berlin Derby and the South African Derby twice.

Drummond-Hay toured America and won the Grand Florida Championship, The Madison Square Garden's Championship and the All American Showjumping Championship.

She represented Great Britain for 14 years on the Olympic Nations Cup Team and was awarded the FEI Badge of Honour.

Drummond-Hay won the European Show Jumping Championship.

Was British Sportswoman of the year three times and South African Sportswoman of the Year eight times

Awarded the “Premio Caprilli” by the Italian Equestrian Federation for her outstanding achievements.

Awarded the “Golden Spurs” by the French Federation in conjunction with the Cadre Noir for her contribution to show jumping.

Won the FEI/Samsung World Challenge on four occasions.

She holds the ladies' world high jump record at 2.36 meters, set with the horse Sporting Ford.

At age 79, she was still competing on her horse, Apollo, and regularly placing in the top three. In 2022, she published her autobiography, Merely A Rider.

Drummond-Hay died from lymphoma in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 31 July 2022, at the age of 84. She was survived by her husband, Trevor Bern.