AS the 2018 eventing season draws to a close so does the eventing career of one of the greatest horses in the history of the sport. It was announced earlier this year that La Biosthetique Sam FBW would retire and now the time has come.

Germany’s Michael Jung’s double Olympic eventing champion last competed internationally at Badminton Horse Trials this year where he finished a very credible 10th, although this was the lowest placing the combination recorded at the event. The 18-year-old gelding has recorded 24 international victories over the course of his extraordinary career.