Eventing: Lionheart euthanized following colic surgery

20 Jan 2014

Lionheart, the spectacular event horse, owned by Team Lionheart Syndicate LLC and ridden by Allison Springer has succumbed to complications from a week long colic episode. Lionheart, a 12 year old Westphalian gelding, was euthanized after the second of two abdominal surgeries. Surgery revealed that a vascular accident had occurred in the colon and both the small and large intestines were irreparably damaged.

Springer bought Lionheart at the end of 2013. With British William Fox-Pitt Lionheart won team silver at the Olympic Games in London (Great Britain).

Source: PSI / Allison Springer Eventing