Olympic Grand Prix horse Askari passed away on Thursday December 9, 2009. The 22-year old bay gelding suffered from a severe colic attack and even though he was operated on he could not be saved.



Hiscox Askari, a 1987 born Dutch warmblood gelding by Avignon out of Wasuska (by Darling Boy xx), was Richard Davison's number on Grand Prix horse between 1995 and 2001. The Davison family purchased Askari as a 3-year old from Dutch trainer Bert Rutten and Richard's wife Gillian trained him up to Grand Prix level. Then Richard took over and from 1995 to 2001 the combination ranked highly at numerous international competitions, World Cup Qualifiers and Finals.

Source: eurodressage.com