Popular eventer Lenamore retired at 20
London Olympian Caroline Powell has announced the retirement of her superstar eventer Lenamore.
The tidings broke on Powell’s 40th birthday, in addition to has been greeted alongside sadness across the equestrian community, but every bit good brought tributes for the grey.
Powell’s London Olympic team-mate Sir Mark Todd called it the cease of an era.
“He’s an amazing petty Equus caballus in addition to e'er ane that is a please to watch,” Todd said. “It volition endure foreign non watching him bounce simply about the cross country.”
The determination to retire him from all competitive eventing was made past times Lenamore’s possessor Lexi Jackson in addition to his long-time passenger Powell.
Now 20, Lenamore was bred inward Republic of Ireland past times the Irish Gaelic Draught stallion Sea Crest in addition to out of the thoroughbred mare Karinella (by Valiyar).
Ed, every bit he is known to his legion of fans, volition deed dorsum to Scotland to the MacKinnon delineate solid unit of measurement from Powell’s novel base of operations inward Wiltshire inward southern England later on a stellar career inward which he captured to a greater extent than British eventing points than whatsoever other horse. His diminutive size belied an amazing cross province ability, non having had a mistake inward that stage since 2007.
London 2012 proved to endure Lenamore’s swansong event, when he in addition to Powell were members of the bronze medal-winning New Zealand team. After a suspension dorsum abode inward Scotland, he arrived at Powell’s novel base of operations inward January. Looking stand upward for in addition to well, he seemed cause to pace upward the operate for Badminton, at which he has an incredible tape of 7 consecutive completions, non beingness placed lower than 12th since 2007.
His connections decided that a few petty things had caught upward alongside him, in addition to decided to retire the gallant campaigner.
Lenamore’s Burghley tape is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than impressive alongside a famous victory secured alongside Powell inward 2010, in addition to 4 other completions. He missed 3 years at the final result due to international duties alongside New Zealand at the globe champs inward Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany inward 2006, in addition to Olympics inward Hong Kong inward 2008 in addition to 2012 inward London.
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