Olympic event horse bows out of top-level sport: ‘He’s meant so much to me and my career’

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Doug Payne and Vandiver at Kentucky 2022.
Doug Payne and Vandiver at Kentucky 2022.
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US Olympic event horse Vandiver will be retired from top-level competition after he showjumps in his final five-star at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event this afternoon.

“It’s tough to put into words, ‘Quinn’ has meant so much to me and my career and our family – he’s given us more than any horse ever could,” said his rider Doug Payne yesterday.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.