Horse & Hound

LETTERS

A TRUE LEGEND

I FELT compelled to write to express my feelings about the loss of Allstar B (Alby) earlier this month. I was given the great honour of looking after Alby by Ros Canter and Caroline Moore at all of his major events, and many more besides since he arrived at Hallington.

He is and always will be the king of the yard, but he had to put a brave face on and shared the limelight at Badminton with the young pretender that is Walter

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