Unbelievable Darco has died, aged 15
The Brendon Stud’s stallion Unbelievable Darco has been put down, aged 15, after a colic attack.
The Darco son was a former H&H Foxhunter champion who won the Bunn Leisure derby tankard in 2008 and was also a successful and popular sire.
“Freddie” was put down in the early hours of yesterday morning.
“He will be forever missed but never forgotten,” said his owner Shirley Light. “He was a member of the family – a real gentleman and friend to us all.
“We’d had him since he was a foal. It’s really sad.”
The successfully stud competes a number of his progeny and a limited amount of semen is still available.
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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.