Big Ben Dies At 23

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Big Ben, Canada's most famous show jumping horse, died early Saturday, Dec. 11, from colic. He was 23.

Big Ben, ridden for over a decade by Ian Millar of Perth, came down with colic around 6 p.m. EST on Friday. He was euthanized in order to stop the suffering.

Millar, who was in Toronto on Friday, travelled to Perth Saturday and arrived at Millar Brooke Farm an hour before

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