Gallop and dance now and forever pretty girl on four unbreakable legs and with your great heart intact, on the other side of The Rainbow Bridge.
They didn't collect embryos - they had just retired her to the broodie paddock and had hoped to get her in foal in the European spring.
From August '09
"The next half year, Matine will just spend in the herd and then she'll become brood mare next spring. "We won't flush any eggs from Matine. We just want her to be in foal and have the foal on the ground herself. I believe it'll be good for her mind," said Møller. "Hormone treatments for embryotransfer are very stresssful for mares."
Møller concluded, "Matiné has had enough of injections and examinations, she will now be allowed to find peace being a normal horse."
Blue Hors Matine had a stormy career at Grand Prix level. Her first year at Grand Prix was in 2005 where she already made headlines as the new shooting star. In 2006 she won the Danish Championships and team bronze, individual silver and bronze at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen. Half a year later at the 2007 World Cup Finals in Las Vegas she tripped off the trailer and injured herself. She never returned to the show ring. "