Cabral (horse)

Cabral
Breed	Trakehner
Sire	Bujak (Trakehner)
Grandsire	Sir Shostakovich (Thoroughbred)
Dam	Casona (Trakehner)
Maternal grandsire	Agar (Trakehner)
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	2001 (2001)
Died	26 February 2017(2017-02-26) (aged 15–16)
Colour	Dark Bay
Owner	Mr Christian Landolt, Mr & Mrs P. Baker & Mrs D. Alder

Olympic medal record
Para-equestrian
	2012 London	Individual championship test grade II
	2012 London	Individual freestyle test grade II

Cabral (2001–2017), also known as JP, was a gold medalist dressage horse ridden by Natasha Baker. The Polish-born British dressage horse, a Paralympic gold winner (2012) in Rio, was euthanized.[1]

Background

JP was previously owned by Christian Landolt, a FEI Dressage and Eventing rider and judge. He brought JP to event however he was not bold enough in the cross country.[2]

Paralympics

Natasha Baker was selected as part of the para-dressage squad for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. In the individual championship test grade II event Baker and Cabral scored 76.857% to set a new Paralympic record for the grade II classification and win the gold medal ahead of German defending champion Britta Napel who won silver with a score of 76.000%.[3]

The two won their second gold medal of the Games in the individual freestyle test grade II. They set a new Paralympic record of 82.800%, beating second placed Napel by over 5%.[4][5]

Death

Cabral was put down on 26 February 2017 after contracting a bacterial infection.[1]

References

1. Equnews Editorial (27 February 2017). "Rio gold medallist horse dies of bacterial infection". Equnews. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
2. Natasha-Baker.com Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine My Horses - Cabral
3. Armytage, Marcus (1 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: GB's Natasha Baker fends off strong competition to narrowly win Grade II dressage gold". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
4. Armytage, Marcus (3 September 2012). "Natasha Baker wins second Paralympic dressage gold medal with record score on Cabral". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
5. Hudson, Elizabeth (3 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Natasha Baker wins second equestrian gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2012.