‘Thank you for everything’: medal-winning eventer retires after losing an eye

German eventer Julia Krajewski’s five-star winner Samourai Du Thot has been retired from competition after losing an eye.

The 15-year-old gelding’s phenomenal eventing career boasts 18 international wins from 56 starts, two national championship titles and Olympic team silver.

Julia, who produced the 2017 Luhmühlen CCI4* (now CCI5*) winner from a young horse and partnered him throughout his stellar career, said she is devastated.

“He got struck by a very severe infection and battled it tremendously, but sadly wasn’t able to completely beat it. To save his life, his left eye had to be removed,” she said.

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Article written by: Lucy Elder