Mary King’s Olympic medal winning horse, Call Again Cavalier, was put down yesterday after falling and breaking his femur.

Mary was competing at the Express Eventing International Cup in Cardiff when the accident happened.

They were tackling a narrow corner fence called ‘The Duck Houses’ when the 16 year old horse fell and suffered a broken leg.

The 13,000 strong crowd watched as Call Again Cavalier was loaded into a horsebox to be taken away for assessment. Unfortunately his injuries were so severe that the decision was taken to put him to sleep immediately.

Express Eventing organiser Stuart Buntine said:

“This is extremely sad. Our thoughts are with Mary King and Call Again Cavalier’s owners, Edwin and Sue Davies and Janette Chin.”