US Olympic eventer Poggio dies at 29
Ridden by Amy Tryon, Poggio finished sixth individually at the 2004 Athens Olympics and won team bronze. They won team gold at WEG 2002 and individual bronze at WEG in 2006.
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Catastrophic breakdowns: Drugs may be the real culprit in injuries to young horses
It is highly likely that pain-relieving drugs are behind many of the catastrophic injuries seen on the racetrack, according to researchers.
Read moreAllerton Horse Trials founder Lord Stourton dies at 67
Lord Edward Stourton has died at the age of 67. He and his family were behind the Allerton Park Horse Trials in North Yorkshire.
Read moreWinner on Friday, dead on Saturday: Dressage horse Rebroff’s sad ending
A horse who won his first Big Tour dressage event at Florida’s Global Dressage Festival in Wellington on Friday died in his stable the following day, with a cardiac event suspected to be the cause.
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Popular endurance figure Brian Sheahan dies at 69
Australian veterinarian and FEI Honorary Board Member was a popular figure in the international Endurance community.
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Basha O’Reilly, adventurer and renowned Long Rider, dies at 73
“Nobody I knew could begin to understand my contempt for possessions, my urge to travel, my love for spending all day in the saddle and all night under the stars.”
Read moreJuddmonte principal Prince Khalid dies at 83
Juddmonte thoroughbred racing empire founder Prince Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud has died. His green, pink and white silks were carried by Frankel, Dancing Brave, Arrogate and Enable.
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Renowned horse vet “Doc” Jim Smith dies at 86
Kansas-born Jim Smith was with Kentucky’s Hagyard Equine Medical Institute for more than 40 years, specialising in reproductive medicine and ophthalmology.
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White thoroughbred first “coloured” horse to win Group One race
White filly Sodashi is the first of her colour win a Group One race after she took out a 1600m race for two-year-olds in Japan at the weekend.
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Colic claims star stallion Totilas, 20
Tributes flow following the death of record-breaking dressage horse Totilas, after a colic operation fails to save his life.
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Farewell to Irish Olympic dressage horse Coryolano
Coryolano’s Irish Grand Prix Kür (Freestyle to Music) record score of 75.725% stood for four years.
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Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck dies following Melbourne Cup injury
Cup topweight faltered with about 400m to go, sustaining a fractured fetlock.
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Showjumping supporter and Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
Lee Kun-hee was a longstanding supporter of the Olympic movement and a key figure behind showjumping’s Samsung Super League.
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US thoroughbred racing loses long-time supporter Jim Brady
James C. Brady helped plan the transformative development of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, including Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Read moreSouth African equestrian dies after rotational fall
Young rider Melissa Tratschler died following a rotational fall during a lesson on Ocrober 16.
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World’s oldest Olympic medalist, showjumper John Russell, dies at 100
John William Russell served in WW2 with the 104th Cavalry. He rewrote the Army’s Manual of Horsemanship and won a bronze medal at the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952. He was also a modern pentathlon coach.
Read morePopular eventer Sparrow’s Nio dies on US cross-country
The connemara-thoroughbred cross advanced eventer collapsed between fences at an event in Virginia.
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Horse’s death dashes Pakistan’s long-held Olympic eventing hopes
An aortic aneurysm has claimed the life of New Zealand bred off-track thoroughbred Azad Kashmir. He had qualified for eventing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for Pakistan.
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Global survey aims to learn extent of bitless horse riding
It is unknown just how many bitless riders and drivers there are in the world; a global survey launched on World Bitless Horse Day aims to find out.
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Aussie equine hero Subzero dies at age 31
Known affectionately as ‘Subbie’, the 1992 Melbourne Cup winner was only a month short of his 32nd birthday.
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