The Dutch Warmblood stallion Ferro, owned by Jan Lamers and Adriaan van der Goor, died this morning, Feb. 18, in the Netherlands, after a severe colic attack. He was 18.

Dutch rider Coby van Baalen and Ferro won team silver medals at the 1998 World Equestrian Games, 1999 European Championships and 2000 Olympic Games. Ferro also finished fifth individually in the 2000 Olympics with a fourth-placed finish in the freestyle, and they placed second in the 2000 FEI World Cup Final.

The black stallion is one of the Dutch Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands