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Cabral

Died
February 26, 2017
Age
16 years
Cause
euthanized

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Cabral, 16, Polish-born British dressage horse, Paralympic gold winner (2012), euthanized.

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Cabral (2001–2017), also known as JP, was a gold medalist dressage horse ridden by Natasha Baker. The Polish-born British dressage horse, a Paralympic gold winner (2012) in Rio, was euthanized.

Background

JP was previously owned by Christian Landolt, a FEI Dressage and Eventing rider and judge. He brought JP to event however he was not bold enough in the cross country.

Paralympics

Natasha Baker was selected as part of the para-dressage squad for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. In the individual championship test grade II event Baker and Cabral scored 76.857% to set a new Paralympic record for the grade II classification and win the gold medal ahead of German defending champion Britta Napel who won silver with a score of 76.000%.

The two won their second gold medal of the Games in the individual freestyle test grade II. They set a new Paralympic record of 82.800%, beating second placed Napel by over 5%.

Death

Cabral was put down on 26 February 2017 after contracting a bacterial infection.

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