Happy endings
“A 50% chance he wouldn’t return to eventing”
JUSTINE PARKER knew something was wrong with her beloved three-star eventer Alfie (pictured, above) by the way he was standing in the field one morning last May.
Scans revealed the 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse had damaged the sheath of the deep digital tendon flexor in his right fore and he was given a 50% chance of returning to eventing.
“I was devastated as not only do I adore him but it has taken me five years to get him to that level,” says Justine, who is national director of sport at British Showjumping.
Alfie underwent treatment,
