Say It Isn’t So: “Teddy”, America’s Favorite Sport Horse and Top Olympic Prospect, Has Died
There’s a hush this afternoon. A hush throughout the horse world. It’s an emptier, less interesting horse world from this moment. I have just received word from Joanie Morris at the US Equestrian Federation that Karen O’Connor’s darling of a sport pony, Theodore O’Connor, died today as a result of an accident at home in The Plains, Virginia. “Teddy” was the USA’s top hopeful for a gold medal in Hong Kong at this summer’s Olympics. But more than that, he was a crowd favorite and brought in
