Walter Gervais, the eventer who completed his first CCI* at age 75, died from congestive heart failure at his home in South Attleboro, Mass., on June 17. He was 87.

Mr. Gervais entered the Navy at age 18, serving in World War II on the aircraft carrier Ranger, which was engaged in searching for German U-boats in the North Sea. He also served in the Korean War.

He was a lifelong athlete, boxing in the Navy and placing 25th in the 1946 Boston Marathon. He did not take up riding until he was in his 50s, however.

Canaris, a successful advanced-level event horse, died on May 26. He was 25.

Owner and rider Jim Wolf imported the Dutch Warmblood as a 5-year-old in November of 1989 to begin his eventing career. The pair established an enduring partnership from the very beginning.

At 17.2 hands, Canaris was once considered “bigger than a horse needs to be,” by Bruce Davidson, but his cat-like quickness in the combinations, tremendous scope, and big heart enabled him to excel at the highest levels of the sport.

Norman Brinker, who served as an alternate for the U.S. show jumping team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games and a prominent restaurateur, died June 9 from complications of pneumonia while on vacation in Colorado. He was 78.

Douglas Bunn, the man behind the All England Jumping Course in Hickstead, Great Britain, died in his sleep on June 16 after a short illness. He was 81.

Mr. Bunn was born on Feb. 29, 1928, and went straight from the cradle to horseback. He became an avid show jumper, and after he began work as a barrister, he was known for wearing his breeches beneath his formal wear and heading straight to the barn when a courtroom session ended.

Gaisha, an upper-level eventing mare, was euthanized in early May at the Sun Kissed Acres Retirement Farm near Summerville, Ga. She was 26.

When Mary Jo Herhold bought the Hanoverian mare (Garibaldi—Lemonade, Lemon), she was competing at the novice level. Partnered with Janet Andrews, Gaisha soon began moving up the levels and eventually found success at the intermediate level.

Gaisha was the U.S. Combined Training Association Mare of the Year in 1993, and in 1994 she was the American Horse Shows Association Zone 4 intermediate champion.