‘He’ll always be Olympic champion to me’: final farewell to eventing legend

A horse who produced a double Olympic eventing gold-winning performance, without being crowned Olympic champion, has been put down aged 27 after a long and happy retirement.

Bettina Hoy’s former top ride Ringwood Cockatoo left for his “last big journey” on Monday (23 July) after suffering with spasmodic colic.

He and Bettina were on the German gold medal-winning team at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, having won team European Championship bronze the previous year, and also took individual European bronze in 2007.

Please click here to read the rest of the article as it appears on the Horse and Hound website.

Article written by: Eleanor Jones