Danish
chef d'equipe Rudolf Zeilinger, a German native living
in Bremen, announced the Olympic Team for Denmark begin
August 2000. Lars Petersen will be the leading rider
on the approved breeding stallion Blue Hors Cavan, Lone
Jorgenssen backs him up on the Baden Wurtemberg chestnut
FBW Kennedy. The team is completed by Jan Pedersen on
Esprit de Valdemar and Anne van Olst on either Dempsey
or Any How. Alternate rider for Danish team will be
Morten Thompson. All horses have gone into quarantine
in Lingen, Germany.
Only one week after the announcement of the team, the
Danish had to deal with a major set back. Blue Hors
Cavan, the number one horse of the team, was operated
on a testicle fracture, an illness which is called "Hodenbruch"
in Germany. The Westphalian stallion Rubinstein also
dealt with it just before his death. Cavan is recouperating
fast and is currently in quarantine but Zeilinger has
adressed reserve rider Morten Thompson to be stand-by
in order to fall in for Petersen.
Danish
chef d'equipe Rudolf Zeilinger, a German native living
in Bremen, announced the Olympic Team for Denmark begin
August 2000. Lars Petersen will be the leading rider
on the approved breeding stallion Blue Hors Cavan, Lone
Jorgenssen backs him up on the Baden Wurtemberg chestnut
FBW Kennedy. The team is completed by Jan Pedersen on
Esprit de Valdemar and Anne van Olst on either Dempsey
or Any How. Alternate rider for Danish team will be
Morten Thompson. All horses have gone into quarantine
in Lingen, Germany.
