Loss of Lady Cracotte

CIAN O’Connor’s five-star Grand Prix-winning mare Lady Cracotte sadly passed away after a freak accident at the show in Montpellier, France, last Saturday. The 10-year-old mare panicked while on the cross ties at the stable area and flipped over, resulting in her untimely death. In an official statement, a devastated O’Connor thanked his staff and the show for all their help saying: “I’m so sorry for this wonderful mare who had been so successful with Belgium’s Niels Bruynseels and recently joined my stable. Life can be so cruel sometimes but the only consolation for “Cracky” was that she didn’t suffer.”