BLACKSBURG, Va., June 24 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Jennifer Berdell had a problem most eventers would recognize: A horse she loved, a season she'd planned for, and a question she couldn't answer on her own.
Moonlight Crush, known at home as Cruz, is a 19-year-old Belgian warmblood gelding who previously competed at the four-star level in eventing, and was still working hard in the novice division under Berdell's lease. He was sharp, willing, and fit. He also had a heart murmur.
A murmur had turned up incidentally earlier in the year during a routine exam, and it was still present when Cruz received his spring vaccinations.
Woodside Equine Clinic in Ashland, Virginia, referr...