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German
Dressage News
A Disturbance in the Force: German Mannschaft Tested
on Doping
 One
week before the start of the World Equestrian Games
in Spain, there is a big disturbance in the German WEG
Dressage Team. None of the WEG team members chose to
compete at the CDI Munster, aiming to spare their horses
for the big show and to avoid doping tests. At the German
Dressage Championships in Mannheim, Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff's
Renoir Unicef was claimed to be tested positive on doping,
but in a press release the German Olympic Equestrian
Committee (DOKR) denied this rumour. They acknowledged
that before Mannheim, Renoir Unicef was treated with
a prophylaktic regeneration treatment by Linsenhoff's
own veterinary in co-operation with the team vet Dr.
Bjorn Nolting.
The standard procedure includes that all short listed
horses undergo a blood test after the German Championships
but there seems to have been a communication breakdown
between Linsenhoff's veterinary and the DOKR about the
testing of Renoir after his regeneration treatment.
Renoir Unicef was, therefore, tested again at the CDI
Donaueschingen and the results turned out to be negative.
To prevent further tests, both Nadine Capellmann and
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff opted only to ride the Grand
Prix at the CDI Donaueschingen and no further tests.
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