Event horses that did well then disappeared off the radar?

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Was discussing this with a friend and trying to name a few.

Can anyone think of a few event horses who did very well in the last few years and then sort of dropped off the radar? Could be through injury or being sold on. I'm just curious what happens to these horses in the end. Do they end up in a field or being schoolmasters etc?
 
what about that v nice horse that Daisy Dick had at Burghley that sort of straddled the ditch/bank at the Land Rover Valley, was he called Hope Street? i don't think he's been out since, tragic cos he looked super.
 
Parkmore Ed never came properly sound after Hong Kong, hence not competing again. It was interesting reading the post from 2008 - there was more to all the points made than meets the eye. The Irishman also had soundness issues. Both these horses were older horses with already quite high mileage. Hope Street was owned and had been previously ridden by an army vet. I don't know whether he went back to his owner because of injury or because she had time for him again. I can't remember if Daisy got the ride for army reasons or family reasons.
 
IIRC Hope Street was retired to his owner's field to live out his retirement. It was in one of Daisy's Eventing diaries, could dig it out? Have a cracking photo of them over the Vicarage ditch :D

What about Dunauger? And Hobby Du Mee?
 
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Dunauger went back to his owner and did a couple of events with her last summer (OI I think). Hobby du Mee was sent to Mary King but wasn't sound - another older horse.
 
Ian Stark had a horse called something like Yair, that had the mother and father of falls off a normandy bank type fence,it was televised so I guess it was Burghley. The horse landed on his back and got up OK, but Ian had fractured his ankle, and I never heard of the horse again.

This must happen a lot though. Mostly through injury and unsoundness, although sometimes a horse has sailed through an eventing career and then suddenly meets a fence it couldn't cope with and it is such a massive shock to its system that it is never as confident or bold again. That can also happen if it gets really tired, in deep going for instance. I have heard of a few horses, like hunters, that were never the same after they got exhausted. Don't know whether it affected their heart maybe.
 
Bournston Highland Charm is another - although according to local press that horse is subject to a court case and a rather nasty sounding wrangle over ownership and outstanding bills........:rolleyes:
 
Dunauger did a few OI's last season with his owner. But with age he was getting stronger XC and Tracy wasn't enjoying riding him XC, so they are now doing very well on the showjumping circuit. I think they are planning on doing the county show circuit this season.
 
livvyc_ria said:
Not particularly recent but The Irishman.

Was right up there wasnt he? The he went to America and we didnt hear a dicky bird?!
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He went to Bruce Davidson - bought by him main owner for what was then a great deal of money - did one event and then, rumour has it, was never sound enough to compete again. I've seen that happen quite a bit when horses change management programs - sometimes it's not so much the "best" program that keeps a horse going, so much as the one the horse is used to.
 
Yair did a few advanced classes with the late Ronnie Durrand the following year. Ensign was ridden by a pupil of Pippa's last year but appears to have had enough. Was Bournston Highland Charm the horse that Polly Jackson had a dispute with the owners about? Poilu broke down at Houghton last year.
 
MegaBeast said:
What about the coloured that Polly Stockton rode? Don't recall seeing him around for a while.
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Two for Joy? He was advertised about 3 years ago on her website looking for somone to lease him to do juniors/ YRs on

What happened to Laura Collet's Fernhill Sox?
 
Two for Joy was Polly Jackson's. I don't recall Polly Stockton having a coloured? Fernhill Sox had had a year off before coming back and I think I heard he had more problems. Ardfield Magic Star may well struggle to come back from injury.
 
What has happened to Jam - highlighted as the most expensive eventer ever? I know it went back to Bruce Davidson but has not been seen since. Shame Mckinleigh will never be sound either after Hong Kong. Seen nothing either of Ben Along Time for a long time either.
 
oldvic said:
Two for Joy was Polly Jackson's. I don't recall Polly Stockton having a coloured? Fernhill Sox had had a year off before coming back and I think I heard he had more problems. Ardfield Magic Star may well struggle to come back from injury.
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Meant Jackson :blush: been a long day!
 
Ensign had been competing with a YR, as far as i can see, not entered for anything in 2011. Two for Joy is now retired.


On the point of AMS, i thought of Glenbuck?! Haven't seen him around since Badders last year. Always thought him to be a class horse, just got tired quite quickly!
 
TarrSteps said:
He went to Bruce Davidson - bought by him main owner for what was then a great deal of money - did one event and then, rumour has it, was never sound enough to compete again. I've seen that happen quite a bit when horses change management programs - sometimes it's not so much the "best" program that keeps a horse going, so much as the one the horse is used to.
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I think Hobby du Mee fell into that category too.

How about Internet? Sold to the USA for a phenomenal amount of money then allegedly found to be infertile?
 
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