Cornishman V was a horse who won Olympic gold medals in eventing at Mexico City in 1968 and Munich 1972, when Britain came first in the team event on both occasions. Cornishman was ridden in Mexico City by Richard Meade and in Munich by Mary Gordon-Watson. He was retired from eventing in 1973 but then begun a second career as a film star. In 1974 Cornishman appeared in the film based on a Dick Francis thriller Dead Cert, and in 1978 he was in International Velvet, starring Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins and Nanette Newman