Castro & Cortes Win Equestrian Jumping Gold At Wembley- London 1948 Olympics

Highlights from the London 1948 Olympic Games as Mexico’s Humberto Mariles Cortes and Ruben Uriza Castro win the gold medal in the equestrian jumping event. Subscribe to the Olympic channel: The Equestrian jumping competition at the London 1948 Olympic Games took place at what would now be considered a very unusual stadium, Wembley Stadium. The Prix des Nations - as it was called at the time - was rightly celebrated as the world’s greatest show-jumping test for both man and horse. Over forty riders from fifteen nations competed on the thousand metre course with sixteen obstacles each with its own peculiar difficulties. After a fierce competition which included many refusals, falls but also fantastic performances, it was the Mexicans who dominated the events. In the Individual competition it was fellow countrymen Humberto Mariles Cortes (riding Arete) and Ruben Uriza Castro (his horse Hatvey) who took the top two positions on the podium for Mexico. Jean Francois d’Orgeix (with Sucr