British group assured rider’s ‘very small’ fracture will likely be healed for Olympics

The British selectors and officers are assured Harry Charles will likely be match and on kind for the Paris Olympics because the arm fracture he sustained at Aachen the weekend earlier than final was a minor one.

Harry was unseated from Bandit within the RWE Prize of North-Rhine Westphalia on Friday, 5 July, when the nine-year-old stumbled after the final component of the triple mixture.

Harry went to hospital in Aachen, then noticed a specialist, via the British Equestrian World Class Programme, on his return to Britain, who recognized a “very small” and “quick-healing” fracture.

He and his Tokyo Olympic journey Romeo 88, owned by Harry and Ann Thompson, have been named within the closing squad for Paris final week, together with Scott Brash (Whats up Jefferson) and Ben Maher (Level Break). Joe Stockdale and Cacharel are the alternate mixture.

Harry shared an image of himself within the saddle this week, with the phrase “again to it, see you in Paris”, and H&H understands that as of immediately (17 July) his therapeutic is on observe for a optimistic end result.

The showjumping on the Paris Olympics begins on Thursday, 1 August with the primary group qualifier; the group closing is the next day. The person qualifier and closing are on Monday and Tuesday, 5 and 6 August.

This will likely be a second Olympics for Harry, who jumped in Tokyo with Romeo 88. The pair additionally helped safe Britain’s place in Paris as a part of the group that received bronze on the World Championships in 2022.

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Eleanor is an skilled journalist who spent over eight years working for native and nationwide newspapers earlier than becoming a member of H&H as information editor in March 2016. Captivated with equine welfare and exposing the reality, Eleanor has reported on all points of the business, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage guidelines to mules. Her sport of selection is showjumping, through which she competes her personal horses, and she or he additionally enjoys reporting at native leaping exhibits via to worldwide championships.