The 14-year-old racehorse, one of the greatest steeplechasers of all time and a two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, made his dressage debut at London’s Olympia Horse Show on Tuesday.
Dressage, which involves horse and rider working together to produce a complex “dance” routine marked by judges, is how Kauto Star has been spending retirement since his last National Hunt race in 2012.
Laura Collett, a leading British event rider, has been helping the horse to learn the intricacies of a sport that rewards precision and poise above power and pace.
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