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A tribute to a great horse - farewell Nullabor

Clayton Fredericks and Nullabor
Doing their Dressage test at Burghley 2006
Photograph:Lucy Matthews

Nicola Turner, EFA National Office, Tuesday, 20 May 2008

At Saumur (FRA) CCI 3* last weekend a freak accident resulted in the loss of a very special horse.

Nullabor ridden by Clayton Fredericks slipped and fell galloping between fences two and three on the cross-country course. It is believed the horse died of a broken neck.

Nullabor (nicknamed Neville) was a magnificent horse, with outstanding movement and jumping talent. Neville was on the Australian Elite Eventing Squad and the Shadow Team for the Beijing Olympic Games.

“He was everything you want in an event horse,” commented Jess Moffat who groomed Neville in 2006 when he won the British Open Championships at Gatcombe.

Neville was a 17hh Bay Irish Sport Horse Gelding, born in 1997 by Creative Plan and out of Lethal Lass. Neville was purchased by as a three-year-old from

Ireland

through Donal Barnwell and was owned by Peta and Edwin McAuley throughout his career.

Nullabor's outstanding performances included:

2008	6^th	Fontainbleau CIC3*-W (FRA)
2007	6^th	Burghley CCI 4* (GBR)
	5^th	Luhmuhlen CCI 4* (GER)
	5^th	Burnham Market CIC3*-W (GBR)
	3^rd	Fontainbleau CIC3*-W (GBR)
2006	12^th	Malmo FEI World Cup Final (SWE)
	4^th	Saumur CCI 3* (FRA)
	1^st	British Open Championships Gatcombe

The loss of this wonderful horse in the prime of his career is a great tragedy. Our condolences to the Fredericks and the McAuleys and to all the people who knew and loved Neville.

The Fredericks wrote on their web site;

As Rudyard Kipling said "He will be our friend for always and always and always."

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