Dacardo, a talented and accomplished FEI-level dressage horse, was euthanized on Jan. 8 due to a broken bone fragment in his neck. He was 11.

A Swedish Warmblood gelding, he was fondly called “D” by his owner Melissa Taylor, who imported him from Sweden in 2003.

Lars Petersen started Dacardo’s dressage career, winning the 6-year-old FEI Young Horse test in 2004 at Dressage At Devon (Pa.). He went on to find success in the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire levels, winning nearly every CDI he entered.