Lottie Fry eradicated in Dressage World Cup Last

The recent favorite Lottie Fry was eradicated from the dressage World Cup Last in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after her stallion Everdale was judged to have blood within the mouth previous to beginning her take a look at.

The grand prix winner Lottie was first into the ring from the ultimate quartet within the deciding freestyle, however the choose at C, Hans-Christian Matthiesen, stopped her earlier than she’d even trotted spherical outdoors the boards as soon as, had a fast phrase, and Everdale left the ring on a long-rein stroll.

“That’s one of many very troublesome components of our job after we sit there as a choose at C, and I’m devastated when it occurs, but it surely’s a skinny line and may occur in a cut up second,” mentioned Hans-Christian. “Though it’s a tough resolution to make, I used to be properly backed up as a result of our guidelines are very clear relating to that, so I might make the choice rapidly.”

The FEI vet director Göran Åkerström added: “The mouth of Charlotte’s horse has been examined and it’s a minor bleeding from the mucosa, the gum above the incisors. It’s the sort of damage that may heal extraordinarily quick, it was not a lot blood in any respect. There shouldn’t be any considerations over the horse or the oral cavity due to it. It was extraordinarily unfortunate.”

British Dressage shared the next assertion on behalf of Everdale’s homeowners, the Van Olsts and Lottie.

“We’re in fact upset with the elimination, however the horse’s welfare all the time comes at the beginning so utterly respect the choice.

“Everdale was checked over by the FEI vet group right away they usually couldn’t discover any signal of a lower or abrasion within the mouth and our personal vet has additionally given him a radical examine with no apparent trigger. A very powerful factor is he’s superb and there’s no damage.

“We have been actually proud of the nice and cozy up the place he was relaxed, we took his bandages off and gave him a closing examine earlier than heading in to the world and may solely suppose he possibly simply caught his entrance lip as we went across the enviornment.

“It’s a disappointing technique to finish our FEI World Cup marketing campaign, however we have now a contented horse to take dwelling for an additional day.”

The dressage World Cup Last 2024 was gained by Patrik Kittel using Landing, forward of Nanna Skodborg Merrald on Blue Hors Don Olymbrio, with Isabell Werth third on DSP Quantaz.

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