I have you all beat. I saw THE maestro in one of his shows! Unfortunately it wasn’t the 4th level freestyle in which he scored an 89 but hey I can’t be greedy.
Eta. He was even wearing his micky mouse gloves 
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I once saw Patrick Swayze at the Houston Gallaria Ice Rink that had been converted to a small arena for an Arabian demo thing. Tammen was also there. I didn’t know who Tammen was at the time but thought he was by far the best looking horse there. 
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NO WAY! 
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Ray Charles bought me dinner.
A Pan Am event medallist jumped my Rocky Mountain horse.
I have a pic of me and Carl Hester laughing our heads off.
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I didn’t remember Volturno so I looked him up. The online info says he was attacked and killed while in quarantine upon being exported to the USA. Horrible!
(edited spelling)
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Way! It was a sight to see.
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Okay, now I’m jealous! That is a once in a lifetime performance you witnessed. Literally. 
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Let’s hope so
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I cliniced with Muffy Seaton twice and she even drove my pair.
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One year at Badminton, I was sitting in the grassy area waiting for the final day of jumping to begin. I has a little particoloured cocker spaniel on a leash. She’d been lovely all weekend, on XC, etc. But Capt. Mark Phillips came striding through the crowd with Peter and Zara behind him. My dog lunged at Capt. Phillips. No harm as I had her on a short leash, but of course all eyes turned to me. I gave a nervous laugh and said, ‘Of all people, my dog has to have a go at a royal.’
An older lady sat a few people away piped up, loudly, ‘Well, he’s not a PROPER royal.’
There was laughter, tension was diffused, I was so thankful to that mildly grumpy older lady!
So, does this make me a royal (though with the clear understanding that I’m not a proper royal, of course)?
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I had a few conversations with Patrick Swayze (he preferred to be called Buddy) at Nationals. And his poster with Tammen is still quite drool-worthy.
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A friend of mine had to retrieve her horse’s dirty tail wrap from Captain Phillips at an event many years ago, because he had ended up getting custody of it when her trainer/his then-girlfriend handed it to him as my friend was about to walk into the ring on her horse. Lol.
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That was a nickname he had since childhood. My husband’s stepbrother went to school with him and they were best friends. My husband told me his stepdad would say he’d always yell at him, “Go home Buddy, I’m not going to feed you.”
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Ok let’s move on to sports stars.
I saw one of Dave Mattingly’s horses on emergency when I was a lowly intern.
Talked to him about the horses treatment. Let’s just say it’s good he was a baseball phenom.
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Muhammad Ali’s twin daughters were members of my college horse club.
So let’s see I can now play baseball and knock someone out!
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That sounds very much like something my British Grandmother would have said.
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Lordy, that’s a claim! I’m not sure how you managed to get a clear view when so many would have been surrounding the arena to watch such self declared brilliance (#icouldabeenacontender). Was that the one where he wore a suit jacket and gardening gloves?
(Side note, I’m not snarking at anyone who can’t afford the “correct” items for showing, heaven knows I’ve looked fairly ridiculous at times, but NP was touting himself as Olympic selection adjacent by this point. He claimed that he and his wife had set up a breeding facility for the US team around then.)
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I’d never fence judged before, was promised that I’d have an experienced person there to help me on the first day - they didn’t show up. The lady who brought the cakes around spent five minutes with me vaguely telling me what to do, and my first combination was Zara and Toytown - talk about pressure!
I’ve briefly interviewed Capt. Phillips for an international mag, but he’s VERY reluctant to speak or really have any attention at all on him, not a chatty man, though kind enough.
Got a hug from Clare Balding at Badminton a few years ago though, she’s lovely, and VERY down to earth - putting her (very minimal) make up on in the journalists porta-loo with a smile for everyone.
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Lindsey Wagner (the Bionic Woman) and I were coming towards each other from opposite sides of the crosswalk. I tried to dodge her but she ran smack into me. I noticed, as I was desperately trying to remain upright, that she was very pretty, more so than she looked on television, however she was lacking in manners, never said “sorry” or “excuse me” or gave any indication that she was aware that she had just walked into me and had come close to knocking me down.
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I love him. He was one of my favorite people ever. My best friend and I were 13 when Dirty Dancing came out and I think that was my first major crush. We went to the theater and saw it every day for about a week between the date it came out and the start of school that year.
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