European medallist and five-star horse dies: ‘He was a gentleman and learnt to jump corners for carrots’

Chequers Play The Game, who picked up a European team bronze medal and won at four-star with Italian event rider Vittoria Panizzon, has been put down aged 19.

“He was the sort of gentleman you want to marry – very polite, very charming, with a sense of humour and good fun,” Vittoria told H&H. “He liked to have fun and have a buck and to play with stuff lying around, but he never let you down when it mattered.”

Known as Elvis, Chequers Play The Game belonged to Amy Lambert and her mother Patricia, with supporting involvement from Flora Hurrell and Jan and Peter Price. He started his eventing career with Amy and Sophie Allison, on whose livery yard Amy kept the horse when he was not with Vittoria, and was also ridden by New Zealand’s Jock Paget before Vittoria started competing him in 2015.

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Article written by: Pippa Roome