Fate’s Secret, a 24-year-old Thoroughbred owned by Laura Duhamel, collapsed and died after completing cross-country in the junior beginner novice division of the Area III championship at Poplar Place Farm in Hamilton, Ga., on June 4.

Victoria Blake, of Lilburn, Ga., was the rider, and she was not hurt.

Duhamel competed Fate’s Secret from 2001 through 2006 and rode him to the preliminary level. He returned to competition in 2016 with Blake and finished second in the Pine Top Spring Horse Trials (Ga.) at beginner novice in March.

Blood samples were collected from Fate’s Secret (North Of Eden—Duchess) and will be analyzed as a part of the ongoing USEA Cardiopulmonary Research Study.