Uni Griffon, an up-and-coming advanced event horse, collapsed and died after completing the cross-country phase of the Maui Jim Horse Trials (Ill.) on July 11. He was 10.
Owner and rider Lisa Marie Fergusson, Vancouver, B.C., first met “Uni” when he was just 2 days old at breeder Carol McDonald’s farm in Langley, B.C. The 26-year-old Canadian rider had a strong bond with the Welsh Cob-Thoroughbred gelding, whom she trained herself.