A week of feeling all the emotions

Piggy March loses a special home-bred and retires a stalwart from top level

- Pippa Roome

MY career over the past 10 years has felt like an emotional rollercoaster ride, from some of the most heartbreaking experiences to achieving lifelong dreams.

This week a couple of situations have touched me very deeply. The first was the tragic loss of our five-year-old home-bred stallion Cupid March. As I write this nearly a week later, I find it chokes me to talk about it.

In our sport everyone knows the drill, especially the mental and emotional ups and downs, but this was heartbreak of a different kind. My husband Thomas, who has put so much time, energy and passion into his breeding operation, had bred a horse we knew had the wow factor and who had so much natural ability and a wonderful temperament.

Everyone who had the privilege of seeing “Brash” knew we had something very special, who embodied our love for horses, for producing them, for this sport and for its future.