‘I lost my best friend’: supreme event horse who rewrote history books dies aged 26

Michael Jung (GER) riding La Biosthetique Sam FBW, during the Cross Country phase of the Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House in the Village of Badminton in South Gloucestershire in the UK on the 6th May 2017La Biosthetique-Sam FBW, the double Olympic eventing champion and six-time five-star winner, has died at the age of 26. With his German rider Michael Jung, Sam defined a decade in the sport, rewrote the record books and arguably became the greatest event horse of all time. His death marks the end of an era. “This […]