Background
Brash was born in Peebles, Scotland, and is the son of a builder.
Brash was born in Peebles, Scotland, and is the son of a builder.
He attended Newlands Primary School and Peebles High School as a child, and at seven years old he began riding his own pony. In May he was part of the British team that finished sixth at the Rome Nations Cup in May 2012.
He has been riding the horse Hello Sanctos since early 2012. They competed as part of the British Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the team jumping event. At the age of ten he began show jumping in The Pony Club.
He placed ahead of Richard Spooner in second and Kent Farrington in third.
He was named as part of Great Britain"s show jumping team for the 2012 Olympics along with Nick Skelton, Ben Maher and Peter Charles. They finished fifth in the individual competition.
Scott Brash has topped the Longines World Rankings since November 2013 and Hello Sanctos is currently the World Number 1 Horse. Brash"s top horse is Hello Sanctos.
They have had many other successes together including the Rolex Grand Slam, the Global Champions Tour in 2013 and 2014, several LGCT Grand Prix wins and many times through to the top 18.
The horses are owned by Lord and Lady Harris and Lord and Lady Kirkham and are all a part of the very successful "Hello" stable.
Brash was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.