Mark Todd

New Zealand equestrian great Mark Todd has issued a blunt warning to his competitors ahead of next year's London Olympics: he expects his inexperienced horse NZB Land Vision to be the best in world by then.

The master and his apprentice took centre stage today for New Zealand in eventing's dressage phase at the World Equestrian Games in the United States.

New Zealand equestrian great Mark Todd is to run the New York marathon, all in the name of a good cause.

In Los Angeles in 1984, a rather tall man on a rather small horse had Kiwis cheering when he became the first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal in the three-day event - disciplines of dressage, cross-country and showjumping.