Kiwi Olympic great Mark Todd has suffered a blow this Christmas.
He has had to have Gandalf - the horse he rode at the Olympics last year and hoped to ride again at the 2012 games in London - put down in England.
Gandalf had suffered a neurological disorder and had recently experienced seizures and lost the sight in his right eye.
Todd said it was a tough decision to put Gandalf down, but he'd become a danger to both himself and his handlers.
He admits it will now be a challenge to get one of his younger horses up to Olympic standard.
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