Mari Van Gerwen, 52, owns his own stables and training centre and wanted to bring the narcotics to the UK in order to fund his daughter's glittering career.
In July last year, he arrived at the freight lanes at Dover Eastern Docks with two horses in a horsebox.
Border Force officials quizzed him and he told them the horses were not for jumping or racing and that he was heading to Bracknell with 5,000 euros in his pockets.
But Canterbury Crown Court heard on Wednesday how officers were suspicious and began searching a special compartment, where they discovered 50 kilos of the Class A drug.
His daughter, international showjumper Jody Van Gerwen, 27, wept as her father was jailed for smuggling the drugs into the country.
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