Emotional memorial to Woolfall Treasure at stables where he died

Around 70 horse lovers, many of them children, attended an emotional gathering at Chislehurst in south-east London yesterday to remember Woolfall Treasure, the popular former dual-purpose horse who was found shot dead in a field nine days ago.

The 11-year-old was a regular at Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood in a 58-race career that yielded six wins on the Flat and two more over hurdles, all but the first of them for Gary Moore.

He was the only grey among 24 horses and ponies turned out in a field near Kemnal Manor Stables, when he was the victim of an evil attack, for which no motive has been forthcoming and nobody has yet been apprehended.