The only legend since Ribot, a symbol of Italian sport around the world, a champion on a par with Fausto Coppi, Valentino Rossi or Jannik Sinner. Can we mourn the death of the ‘horse of horses’? Yes

A story straight out of a novel, which began in Copparo, in the province of Ferrara, at the Zenzalino stud farm, on 19 May 1995, and continued with victory after victory all over the world. He was dearly loved by Italians, who regarded him as a football champion