Badminton’s president, the Duke of Beaufort, dies at 89
David Somerset, the 11th Duke of Beaufort, and the president of the Badminton Horse Trials, has died at the age of 89.
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Obituary
Rare golden zebra Zoe dies at 19 at sanctuary in Hawaii
Rare golden zebra was the star attraction at Hawaii animal sanctuary.
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Man ‘o War’s last vet dies at 100
Pioneering equine veterinarian Dr William R McGee dies at 100, in the centenary year of Man ‘o War’s birth.
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Farewell, Festy: Olympic medalist Irish Jester laid to rest
Olympic team silver medalist, and two-time Melbourne International winner has died.
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Zoo farewells Minnesota, a Przewalski’s horse who lived to a great age
Minnesota was the recipient of the first successful reverse vasectomy performed on an endangered equid species.
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Health problems claim Zara Phillips’s super-horse Toytown
Zara Tindall: “I had to say goodbye to my greatest friend and horse of a lifetime.”
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Pioneering female eventer Sheila Willcox dies at 81
Willcox won four Badminton titles in total, but was denied a start in the Olympic Games.
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Black day as cross-country mishaps claim two horses
Jaeda and All Aboard each sustain fatal injuries during the cross-country events, at Bromont and Tennessee.
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Old age catches up with racing fan favorite Holy Bull
“Just a fantastic racehorse. You can’t mention his name without using such words as ‘fighter, determination and guts.”
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Badminton accident claims life of Aust eventer Shanghai Joe
Sad end for Shanghai Joe after Shane Rose’s first time at Badminton Horse Trials.
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Irish jumps hero Papillon dies at 25
Irish trained steeplechaser won the 2000 Aintree Grand National for the Walsh family.
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Farewell to British Olympic dressage mare Ballaseyr Royale
“We’ll miss her big kind eyes and huge ears, always pricked forward.”
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Colic claims Aintree Grand National winner Amberleigh House
Operation fails to save life of 2004 National winner, who gave Ginger McCain his fourth win in the race.
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Godolphin’s influential sire Cape Cross dies at 23
Group One winner succumbs to old age at Kildangan Stud in Ireland.
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Sad loss of Olympic eventers Clifton Lush and Carrick
Old age claims Carrick at 25; Clifton Lush succumbs to a paddock injury.
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Sad, sudden loss of Paralympic superstar horse Cabral
Natasha Baker’s multiple paralympic and World champion succumbs to a clostridium bacterial infection
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Polo playing great Sunny Hale dies at 48
Polo pioneer was an avid supporter of women’s polo and role model for many in the sport.
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RIP Charismatic: Sudden death of one of racing’s most famous battlers
Kentucky Derby winner survived a broken leg and returned from stud in Japan only a few months ago.
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Polo community mourns death of 17-year-old Donovan Stratemann
Polo accident in Wellington, Florida, claims life of young player.
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California Chrome’s dad Lucky Pulpit dies at 16
Suspected heart attack claims life of stallion, who has three crops yet to race.
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