Heartbreak as British team gold medallist dies: ‘He was cheeky, but never malicious’

Idalgo, who finished second at Badminton and won a European team gold medal with William Fox-Pitt in 2009, has been put down, aged 22.

Alex van Tuyll was working for William Fox-Pitt when “Frog”, who belonged to George and Jayne Apter, arrived in July 2003 and had looked after him ever since. He retired from eventing in 2010 and spent his final eight years with Alex, hunting with the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale and the South Dorset. He also occasionally acted as a field master’s mount for Alex’s sister Helen.

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Article written by: Pippa Roome