Heyday was a horse that competed in the sport of eventing

Eventing

Eventing is an equestrian event comprising dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test requiring mastery of several types of riding...

, ridden by American Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson (equestrian)

Bruce Oram Davidson is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. He grew up in a family uninterested in horses, but began to compete in Pony Club events after a family friend introduced him to horses...

. He was one of the Top Ten All American High Point Horses of the Century in eventing.

• Born: 1987
• Color: Bay
  Bay (color)
  Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds....
  
  
• Markings: Star, off fore sock
• Height: 16.0 hh
  Hand (unit)
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   (163 cm)
• Sex: Gelding
  Gelding
  A gelding is a castrated horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. Castration, and the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male horse to be calmer and better-behaved, making the animal quieter, gentler and potentially more suitable as an everyday...
  
  
• Breed: Thoroughbred
  Thoroughbred
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• Breeding: by Babamist
  Babamist
  Babamist was a stallion that had a profound impact on the American breeding industry, especially in the sport of eventing.*Color: Chestnut*Markings: Blaze, half-stockings on hind legs*Sex: Stallion*Foaled: 1969...
  
  , out of More Mischief
• Owner: Dr. Elinor Jenny
• Riders: Bruce Davidson
  Bruce Davidson (equestrian)
  Bruce Oram Davidson is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. He grew up in a family uninterested in horses, but began to compete in Pony Club events after a family friend introduced him to horses...
  
  , Maisy Grassie

Heyday was very successful at a young age, competing at the advanced level at the age 6. He went on to represent the United States at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, earning the team silver medal, won the 1995 Pan American Games, came second at the Blenheim Horse Trials

Blenheim Horse Trials

The Blenheim Horse Trials is an annual international three day event held in the park of Blenheim Palace, at Woodstock, England. It is rated CCI*** ....

 in 1997, and won team bronze at the World Championships in Rome. However, Heyday was notorious for his inconsistent show jumping rounds.

Heyday was then ridden by Maisy Grassie, who had great success in the Young Riders with him, taking him to her first Advanced Horse Trials.

Competition Results

2003

• 8th Fair Hill International HT Advanced (Maisy Grassie)

2002

• 7th North American Young Riders Championship CCI** (Maisy Grassie)
• 4th Menfelt HT OI (Maisy Grassie)
• 13th Plantation Field HT Advanced (Maisy Grassie)
• 4th Morven Park HT OI (Maisy Grassie)

2001

• 34th Radnor Hunt Int'l Three-day Event CCI** (Maisy Grassie)
• 4th Middleburg H.T. OI (Maisy Grassie)
• 2nd Fair Hill H.T. at Plantation Field OI (Maisy Grassie)
• 5th Seneca Valley PC H.T. OI (Maisy Grassie)
• 17th Fair Hill International H.T. at Fair Hill OI (Maisy Grassie)
• 19th Morven Park H.T. OI (Maisy Grassie)

2000

• 4th Middleburg H.T. OI (Maisy Grassie)
• 1st North American Young Riders Championship CCI* (Maisy Grassie)
• 5th Bromont Three-day Event CCI *** (Maisy Grassie)

1998

• Team Bronze, Individually 21st at the World Equestrian Games in Rome
• 8th Rolex Kentucky Three Day
  Rolex Kentucky Three Day
  The Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event is an eventing competition held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. The Rolex Kentucky is a CCI**** eventing competition, and the only four-star show in the Western Hemisphere. Four stars is the highest level of competition, the same level of...
  
  
• 15th Beaulieu North American Classic HT (Advanced)
• 3rd Morven Park Spring HT (Advanced)
• 13th Pine Top Spring H.T. (Advanced)
• 8th Sharpton Winter H.T. AI

1997

• 2nd Blenheim Horse Trials
  Blenheim Horse Trials
  The Blenheim Horse Trials is an annual international three day event held in the park of Blenheim Palace, at Woodstock, England. It is rated CCI*** ....
  
   CCI ***
• 9th Gatcomb Park
• 20th Punchestown Three-Day Event CCI ***
• 28th Beaulieu North American Classic H.T. (Advanced)
• 9th Morven Park Spring HT (Advanced)

1996

• Team Silver, 9th Individually at the Atlanta Olympic Games
• 2nd North Georgia International Open Invitational H.T. (Advanced)
• 19th Groton House Farm H.T. II (Advanced)
• 13th Beaulieu North American Classic H.T. (Advanced)
• 11th Morven Park Spring H.T.(Advanced
• 14th Sharpton Winter H.T. OI

1995

• 16th Burghley Three Day Event
  Burghley Horse Trials
  The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September...
  
   CCI ****
• 1st Pan American Games
  Pan American Games
  The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
  
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1994

• 4th Fair Hill International Three-Day Event CCI ***
• 2nd Morven Park H.T. (Advanced)
• 2nd Bromont Three Day Event HT OI
• 7th Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI ***
• 5th Beaulieu North American Classic H.T. (Advanced)