Isabell Werth has introduced that she won’t be using her long-term associate Emilio 107 (Ehrenpreis x Cacir A) on the 2024 Dressage World Cup Closing (16-20 April) in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.
“As at all times, our horses prepared the ground,” Isabell stated. “Sadly, Emilio has a periostitis [inflammation] because of a trauma. He’ll subsequently not be capable of compete within the World Cup Closing.”
The mixture have been among the many favourites to win the competitors and had the best common freestyle rating in qualifying (87.41%). It was additionally more likely to be a farewell look for the 18-year-old gelding, who’s owned by Madeline Winter-Schulze.
Isabell had beforehand instructed Dressursport Deutschland that Emilio would retire on the finish of 2023, with Frankfurt CDI earmarked as his ultimate present.
However following a powerful exhibiting on the World Cup qualifier in Stuttgart, Isabell instructed Dressursport.kim that she was having second ideas on Emilio’s retirement: “I’d even trip him on a World Cup stage. I’m nonetheless wavering in my coronary heart – let’s see,” she stated. Their participation was confirmed when the FEI launched the record of particular entries (30 March).
Isabell will now trip DSP Quantaz who gained the World Cup qualifier in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. “He’s in superb form and I hope we are able to show our type there,” she stated.
Quantaz is now more likely to problem Britain’s Lottie Fry and Everdale for the highest spot on the finals. Lottie and Everdale (88.18%) beat Isabell and Quantaz (86.45%) on the World Cup qualifier in Amsterdam (27 January) however the German mixture carry a better common rating going into the showdown – 85.98% to Everdale’s 85.11%.
If Emilio is to retire, he’ll achieve this as some of the profitable dressage horses of the final decade, regardless of at instances enjoying second fiddle to Isabell’s different high rides together with Quantaz, Weihegold and Bella Rose.
He would bow out because the quantity two ranked horse on the planet – behind TSF Dalera BB – having achieved 56 worldwide grand prix wins from 99 begins.
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