“I’m Always Hoping I Can Have That Feeling One More Time”: Five-Star Horse Who Changed Lives Dies at 26

We’re sad to report that Keyflow NOP (Colonel Collins x Amatrics, by Alicante), the former championship mount of Dutch Olympian Tim Lips, has died at the age of 26 after an incredible career and a happy — though not entirely drama-free — retirement.

We were lucky enough to meet Keyflow last year at Lips Stables in The Netherlands, and even luckier to be part of an exciting reunion: due to travel restrictions at the time, Kiwi duo Tim and Jonelle Price were using the Breda yard as a stopover en route to Luhmühlen, which gave Tim, the ex-racehorse’s original rider, the chance to see the horse who arguably helped springboard his career after nearly a decade apart. For both Tims, it was also a chance to share in the happy memories of an elderly Thoroughbred who had changed both their lives in very different ways.

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*Article written by: Tilly Berendt *