After two olympic ralph lauren bambini gold ralph lauren online store medals Although ward has recovered sufficiently from a badly broken left patella to be a contender again, one thing has changed.As he bids for a place on this summer's olympic team, he will be without his most famous equine partner, sapphire.The two time olympic team gold medal winning mare is being retired at the age of 17.She was rested most of last year after she strained a check ligament, then came back at the beginning of this season, until ward was sidelined.As other little physical difficulties kept cropping up for sapphire, however, it was obvious she couldn't be ready for the olympics in august.When that goal was deemed unreachable, ward and his team decided it was time for her to stop jumping.Chef d'equipe george morris. " ... Read more »