Top eventing stallion battling serious illness: ‘he’s fought like a lion’

French event rider Tom Carlile’s double Barbury winner Upsilon is battling a serious illness.

The grey stallion, who won the CIC3* (now CCI4-S) class at the Wiltshire event in 2017 and the CIC3 Event Rider Masters section the following year, has been critically ill with a suspected mutation of the herpes virus.

Owner/rider Tom said the past 10 days “have been a nightmare”.

He added they opened Upsilon’s stable door last Thursday lunchtime to find him in a “feverish state”.

“He was taken into the Meslay Clinic in Maine, who put all their resources into trying to save him,” said the Frenchman.

“For several days he has fought like a lion against an undetectable evil. This evil that has severely affected his neuro-motor system.”

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Article written by: Lucy Elder