‘My best friend’: farewell to young horse world champion

The 2019 young horse world champion Zucchero OLD has died after suffering a severe bout of colic.

The winner of last year’s six-year-old world championship, who was by Glock’s Zonik x Prince Thatch, was due to turn seven in May. Zucchero was ridden and trained by Hof Kasselmann’s rider Frederic Wandres, who rode him to a euphoric victory at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Ermelo, the Netherlands, last August.

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Article written by: Polly Bryan