French eventer Stephane Landois not only realised his own dream by helping France to team eventing silver at the Paris Olympics on Monday (29 July).
He was also fulfilling the ambition of his friend, Charman Dumontceau’s former rider Thaïs Meheust, who died in a cross-country fall five years ago.
Thaïs, who had won medals at pony, junior and young rider European Championships, died at le Pin au Haras, Normandy, in September 2019.