Skedde plötsligt: Sandro Boy har lämnat jordelivet

Lyndal Oatley, gift med Patrik Kittel och gravid med deras dotter som väntas i höst, har förlorat sin OS- och VM-häst Sandro Boy. 17-åringen tros ha dött av brusten aorta och det skedde under ett lättare pass hemma under fredagen, skriver Eurodressage.

”Han dog oväntat och snabbt i dag, medan han försäkrade sig om att alla runt omkring var okej innan han lämnade oss plötsligt”, skriver Lyndal på Instagram.

Ekipaget har bland annat tävlat två OS, världscupfinal och VM för Australien tillsammans. ”Min värld kommer att bli väldigt tom utan honom och jag kan inte ens föreställa mig den utan honom. Jag kommer att sakna honom mer än ord kan beskriva”, skriver Lyndal vidare.

Utterly heart broken and have no words but will fight through and give my main man the tribute he deserves. RIP Nissa aka Sandro Boy. He changed my world. He went above and beyond and has done more for me and my life than I can put into words. 2 Olympics. 1 WEG. 1 World Cup Final. 1 Aachen Final. 2 Australian Grand Prix records. 1 World Cup win. But that is not the half of it as he taught me so much, made dreams come true, and was my rock. He died unexpectedly and quickly today while still making sure all around him were ok before very quickly leaving us. He was everything and more .. gave his all.. loved me dearly as much as I loved him.. had a cheeky sense of humor and gave me all the dreams a horse girl could ever ask for whilst still being his own person .. and for that I loved him more!. My world will be very empty without him and I can’t begin to imagine it without him. I will miss him more than words can make sense of…

A post shared by Lyndal Oatley (@lyndaloatley) on Jun 1, 2018 at 5:42am PDT