The
Dutch Young Rider Kirsten Beckers has lost her Dutch
Team horse Oulie B. "Oulie B was ill the past few months,
he got a cold, turned feverish and was stiff in his
movements mainly on the right side, but it all went
over. Suddenly he got paralisation symptoms on
his right side, his ear was floppy, his eye lid closed.
We immediately transported him to the veterinary clinic
of Utrecht and there they found out that he had a brain
tumour," Kirsten said. The only right thing to do was
to humanly put down Oulie B. He turned 10 years old
on the same day
Oulie B's first successes were established in 1997
when he became 4th at the Dutch Dressage Championships
in Nijmeghen. In 1998 the pair became third in the young
riders class and got selected for the Dutch YR team
to compete at the European Championships in Hickstead.
The combination won silver with their team and placed
sixth individually. The highlight of their show career
was in 1998 when they dominated the Euro-Future Cup
for Young Riders in Hickstead, winning every single
test. Kirsten Beckers still has the nine year old Jaguar
(by Ulft) and the 10-year old Kassagrande (by Wellington)
at her disposal.
The
Dutch Young Rider Kirsten Beckers has lost her Dutch
Team horse Oulie B. "Oulie B was ill the past few months,
he got a cold, turned feverish and was stiff in his
movements mainly on the right side, but it all went
over. Suddenly he got paralisation symptoms on
his right side, his ear was floppy, his eye lid closed.
We immediately transported him to the veterinary clinic
of Utrecht and there they found out that he had a brain
tumour," Kirsten said. The only right thing to do was
to humanly put down Oulie B. He turned 10 years old
on the same day
