Proving that age is truly just a number, the oldest team USA Olympian, Chester County’s Phillip Dutton, has won the bronze medal in eventing at the Rio Olympics, writes Justin Heinze for Patch.   

Eventing, often described as the “equestrian’s triathlon,” involves dressage, cross country, and show jumping. Dutton won the medal riding his horse Mighty Nice, nicknamed “Happy,” and could not praise his partner enough after the competition.

“What a Horse!” wrote Dutton on his website. “Mighty Nice had just one rail down between his two show jumping rounds today to win the individual bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games. Considering the incredible effort he made yesterday on cross country, I could not be more proud of the way Happy jumped today.”

He added that he has never had a horse with a bigger heart, who just keeps trying no matter how tired he is.

Dutton is a six-time Olympian, competing in his first games in Atlanta in 1996, however, Tuesday was a landmark, as it is the first time he has won an individual medal.

An Avondale resident, he trains at West Grove’s True Prospect Farm, which he owns and runs with his wife. Dutton became a U.S. citizen in 2006.

Read more about Dutton’s achievement at Patch here, and check out previous VISTA Today coverage of the Olympics here.