I fear Kate has erred ...

[sincnoel]

24d Showjumping high-jump event; the world record of eight feet one and a quarter inches by Hujaso and Alberto Larraguibel remains unbeaten since 1949.

The answer given by Kate is "puissance".

I quote WikipediA: "The high jump world record should not be confused with the puissance world record. The puissance is a series of bricks built as a wall rather than angled poles as used in the high jump ...;the current indoor puissance world record stands at seven feet ten inches and was set in 1991 in Chaudfontaine, Belgium, by German rider Franke Sloothaak on Leonardo."

Huaso certainly set the high jump record but NOT the puissance.

Over to you, Kate ...

[zola2]

This is not the only one this week. 49 across the answer is Illimani at 21,201 ft, but there are 2 higher peaks in Bolivia: Sajami at 21,391 ft and Illampu at 21,276 ft.

[sincnoel]

she asks for the second highest peak in bolivia ... which IS illimani

[sincnoel]

according to britannica, illampu is 21,066 ft

[Catron]

Let me also quote wikipedia:

Colonel Alberto Larraguibel Morales (Angol, Chile, May 30, 1919 - Santiago, Chile, April 12, 1995) was a Chilean Army officer, and is the current holder of the record for Puissance (high-jump) on Horseback, one of the longest-running unbroken sport records in history (59 years as of 2008.)

[Strix]

Times Atlas of the World says:
Sajama 21,463
Illampu 21,276
Illimani 21,004

Maybe some have shrunk and some have grown - do mountains suffer from osteroporosis (petroporosis?!) or growth spurts? :-)

sincnoel, you are quite right to differentiate between Show-jumping and Puissance. My wife's great-grandfather set the, then in 1909 at Olympia, record high jump record with a jump of 7' 2 1/2". When he asked for the bar to be raised by 6 inches Lord Lonsdale, officiating, said No, you have already won, to raise it and then jump it would only to be to show off!

Autres temps autres mores.
Strix

[sincnoel]

i'll take britannica any day ...

[dipstik]

sincnoel may have quoted wikipedia, but many many sites differentiate between High Jump and Puissance. Luckily it was a crossword clue and not a quiz question

[GK Fanatic]

Have any of you ever compiled a crossword to the Mepham standard ? The odd mistake here and there is forgiven, none of us are perfect. Keep up the good work Kate !!!