Horse’s death dashes Pakistan’s long-held Olympic eventing hopes

Pakistan’s Olympic eventing dreams have been thwarted after the death of the 13-year-old thoroughbred Azad Kashmir.

Azad Kashmir, a New Zealand-bred former racehorse, died on Thursday morning of an aortic aneurysm in Melbourne. His rider Usman Khan has been based in Australia for 15 years, and he acquired Azad Kashmir in April, 2019.

Khan was the first equestrian from his country to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Last October, the combination won the three-star long format class at Goulburn in New South Wales, and their most recent result was in March, where they placed fourth in the four-star short format in Tonimbuk.

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