“Rest Easy”: Equestrian Fans Mourn the Loss of Beloved Racehorse With Remarkable Career

The equestrian sport offers excitement and thrill to its enthusiasts. While the community watches the sport for decades together, the main characters of the sport don’t have much for themselves. With an average career of 4-5 years, the equines with a life expectancy of 25-35 meet their end in both before one recovers from the previous. And bearing upon the equestrian community another one of the unfortunate occurrences made news during the week.

A 24-year-old chestnut equine, known for its stellar achievements, made its way to the Facebook page of USA Eventing; but this time for unwelcomed news. On Wednesday, the organization announced the passing of the famed show-jumping stallion drawing sadness from the community. Upon the sharing of news, the enthusiasts couldn’t help but express grief.

Equestrian Community Grieves the Loss

On September 17, Dr. D. Geaney bred, 16.3 hand chestnut reportedly passed away at Ms. Jacqueline Mars’ Stonehall Farm in Virginia. Mr. Medicott, affectionately known as Cave, was a retired equine with over 50 FEI events making quite a name for himself. With his career standing and presence, Cave’s passing came as a shock to the equestrian community. And announcing the news, the USA Eventing took to Facebook to share the grief. Captioning the post, USA Eventing wrote, “US Equestrian mourns the passing of Mr Medicott. “Cave” was a stalwart event horse who achieved impressive results with multiple riders throughout his career.” The page further listed the equine’s unattainable achievements.

Cave, throughout his career, raced with five different riders competing for 2 different countries. Frank Ostholt, one of the riders talking about Cave to US Eventing said, “He was always very ambitious…He was quite forward thinking, very brave, a very good jumper with a strong mind.” Ostholt was one of the very first riders of the Cave. It was he who introduced the latter to the eventing world.

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The stallion had an amazing career that had a lot of fans following him. When he passed away, his fans were really sad. People from his community shared their feelings to show how special and wonderful the horse was. They paid their respects and showed their love for him, as he meant a lot to his loyal supporters.

The Beloved Equine receives loads of love

The 24-year-old gelding retired from his career back in 2019. However, Cave’s presence had left an impression enough on people to reminisce and recognize his passing years later. Talking about the equine’s familiarity, one of the commentators said, “I thought this photo looked familiar! my favorite horse! Rest easy”, while another read, “We were there in 2017 to see their win in KY. They were quite a team and we were lucky to see them compete.”

Further paying their respect, users commented, “God Bless-terrific horse. Sending condolences to all his connections,” and “God Bless and RIP, very special horse.” The community online stood tall in recognizing the gelding’s talent.

With his grace and determination, the equine had had the audience captivated. Mindful of his performance, fans commented, Thank you Cave for your impressive contribution to our sport And our entertainment of watching you compete! We are forever grateful for you And representing our country with class!! rest easy big boy,” followed by, “RIP, you’re a legend boy.”

His presence in the industry filled the comments with hearts and respect. The gelding walking down his career with multiple ownerships leading the way to equally numbered ups and downs held good ground. And as the performer passed on to the other side, he made sure to leave a trail behind.

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