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We are extremely sad to inform you that our WAHO Executive Committee Emeritus member, David Angold, passed away on 26 November 2022, at the age of 87. David became a WAHO EC Member in 2001 and was our Treasurer from 2002-2017. A Past President and current Governor of the British Arab Horse Society, David was also an ECAHO DC and he accompanied his wife Angela on many of her overseas and UK judging appointments. David was also Chairman of the AHS racing committee, being involved with racing from its early beginnings as an amateur sport to its current professional status. They joined WAHO as IAMs in 1976 and attended nearly all the WAHO Conferences since that date. David and his wife Angela were married for 65 years, they set up their successful Pinnerwood Stud in the 1960s breeding both Arabians and Anglo-Arabs. Together they have always been great supporters of all aspects of the Arabian horse, involved in breeding, owning, racing and showing both in hand and under saddle, as well as organising the UK International Arabian Horse Show for many years. They enjoyed many years of success with both their Arabians and their Anglo-Arabs with British National Champions such as Blue Ludo, Blue Madrigal, Fair Legend and El Helaly in the show ring, and on the track with the stallion Kactus, a grade one racehorse. They also stood at stud the thoroughbred stallion Sadeem, twice winner of the Ascot Gold Cup. In 1978 they imported the Spanish stallion Procyon from his breeder Don Luis de Ybarra on behalf of a client, he went on to become the leading sire of winners both in the show ring and on the racecourse for many years. Their home bred horses were renowned for their good temperaments, type, sound conformation and talent under saddle. David was a farmer all his life, first with a dairy herd of Jersey cows, then with a herd of British Longhorn beef cattle. After he retired from farming, they set up a large, well run and popular livery yard at Pinnerwood, with many of the horses there being Arabians or derivatives. A true gentleman in every way, David was so well liked by everyone, and he will be missed greatly. We send our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to his wife Angela, to his family and to his many friends both in UK and around the world.