Lyndal Oatley and Sandro Boy.
© Rui Pedro Godinho
Lyndal Oatley sadly lost her special Grand Prix horse Sandro Boy, who died suddenly at their home yard in Appelhulsen, Germany on the 1st of June. The gelding most likely died of an aortic rupture during a light stretching session.
Lyndal wrote an intagram post saying:
“Utterly heart broken and have no words but will fight through and give my main man the tribute he deserves. RIP Nissa aka Sandro Boy. He changed my world. He went above and beyond and has done more for me and my life than I can put into words. 2 Olympics. 1 WEG. 1 World Cup Final. 1 Aachen Final. 2 Australian Grand Prix records. 1 World Cup win. But that is not the half of it as he taught me so much, made dreams come true, and was my rock. He died unexpectedly and quickly today while still making sure all around him were ok before very quickly leaving us. He was everything and more .. gave his all.. loved me dearly as much as I loved him.. had a cheeky sense of humor and gave me all the dreams a horse girl could ever ask for whilst still being his own person .. and for that I loved him more!. My world will be very empty without him and I can’t begin to imagine it without him. I will miss him more than words can make sense of…”.
Our condolences go out to Lyndal and her team.
Sandro Boy in his second International Grand Prix at Horses and Dreams in 2012.
© Jacques Toffi
Source: Eurodressage
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