Ulla Salzgeber, silver medalist at last summer\’s Athens Olympics, has lost Grand Prix horse Wall Street to colic. He died late in the evening of June 5, just after Salzgeber had returned from a short vacation in Australia. Wall Street was 15.

Salzgeber began riding Wall Street as a 6-year-old, but he\’d been overshadowed throughout his career by the great Rusty, who\’s two years older and now retired. His career was also compromised by a number of injuries and illnesses that periodically interrupted his career. But she\’d hoped to make the German team for the European Championships in August on him.

“I had been looking forward to competing with Wall Street in many top international shows, and I\’m totally shocked,” said Salzgeber. “It\’s very hard for me to go to the barn and see the empty stall. I really would prefer to go into hiding, to hear nothing about the sport or competing, to not see anybody.”