Big Star (foaled 1 June 2003) is a Dutch Warmblood stallion who competes in show jumping with the British rider Nick Skelton.
Part of the gold medal team at the London Olympics, Big Star was elected the KWPN horse of the year and formed a partnership with Skelton in 2012.
[8] Big Star was part of the British team that won the gold medal at the London Olympics in 2012,[9] but he failed in individual jumping because of a dropped rail.
Nick Skelton competed in the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, but in July, Big Star suffered another leg injury.
[12] In October 2015, Big Star reappeared in more modest level competitions, including Vilamoura in Portugal and in Wellington, after a period of jumping at home for three months.
[13] Big Star was back in Florida in January 2016, but his return was not immediately conclusive, since he ended at 4 points (77) on a course of a 40-meter Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington.
In the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Skelton and Big Star took the gold medal in individual jumping.