Cabral (2001–2017), also known as "JP", was a gold medalist

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horse ridden by

Natasha Baker Natasha Louise Baker (born 30 December 1989) is a British para-equestrian who won 2 gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 3 at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and 1 more in the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Personal life Baker was born on 30 D ...

. The Polish-born British dressage horse, a Paralympic gold winner (

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) in

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, was euthanized.

Background

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

Paralympics

Natasha was selected as part of the

squad for

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held in

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, 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%. She won her second gold medal of the Games in the individual freestyle test grade II. She set a new Paralympic record of 82.800% , beating second placed Napel by over 5%.

Death

Cabral was put down on 26 February 2017 after contracting a bacterial infection.Rio gold medallist horse dies of bacterial infection
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References

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