Blue Hors Matine put down after breaking leg
Danish dressage sensation Blue Hors Matinee has been put down today after breaking her leg in the field.
The 13-year-old mare rocketed to fame at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, winning grand prix freestyle silver with Andreas Helgstrand.
The mare, by Blue Hors Silver Moon, also took bronze at WEG in the grand prix special.
But she retired to stud last August following a long-term tendon injury sustained at the Las Vegas World Cup in 2007.
Matine was in the field with her “buddy” Blue Hors Cavan when a member of staff noticed she was injured.
Her off fore leg was broken at the knee and the vet had to put her down, said director of the Blue Hors Stud Esben Moller.
Andreas and Matine’s kur at Aachen has been watched almost 10 million times on YouTube.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.