Olympic dream for horse who broke a leg last year

During a jump-off at Aachen last year, Yuri Mansur and his superstar gelding Vitiki suffered a horror fall.

The much-loved chestnut was taken away in a horse ambulance and X-rays revealed a broken off-fore pastern, which was quickly operated on and put in a cast. The future looked uncertain.

Fast-forward 14 months and in a 1.20m class at a show St Tropez last week, the pair made their competitive reappearance, jumping two clear rounds. If anything, the Brazilian rider said, “he feels even better than before”.

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Article written by: Jennifer Donald