New Zealand eventer Tim Price has announced that Wesko has been retired from top-level competition.
One of Price’s best horses, the Dutch-bred Luhmühlen champion was being prepared for the delayed Tokyo Olympics but sustained a minor injury during his early-season preparations.
Wesko (by Karandasj) has had a glittering career partnered with Price, amassing 1356 British Eventing points and six international wins, including the CCI5* at Luhmuhlen 2014. In his first British Eventing season in 2011 he recorded his first international win at Brand Hall. From there on there were wins at Blair Castle CCI4*L (2013), Tattersalls CCI4*L (2014), Arville ERM CCI4*S (2019) and Lignieres CCI3*L (2019), in addition to two CCI5* third-place finishes at Les Etoiles de Pau (2015 and 2020).