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2007 European Dressage
Championships
Hester Withdraws from British E.C. Team, Ross-Davies
Replaces
20 August 2007
 British team rider Carl Hester has withdrawn from
competing on the British team at the 2007 European
Dressage Championships in Turin, Italy, August 29 -
September 2, 2007. Hester's horse Lecantos, an 11-year
old Oldenburg gelding by Levantos I and owned by the
Irish Sasha Stewart, has injured himself and is not
fit for the
Championhips.
"The horse has knocked his off fore, presumably
in the field but possibly in the stable, and bruised
his tendon. It's a very minimal injury, but we can't
risk taking him to Turin as he needs time for the bruising
to heal. In two weeks time he'll probably be fine," Carl
Hester told the British magazine Horse and Hound.
Team
chef d'equipe David Trott told HH that, "It's
a real blow because Carl is such a good person to have
on
the team."
Travelling reserve Anna Ross-Davies
will take Carl's place riding Donald McTaggart's
Liebling II.
Source: Horse and Hound
Photo courtesy: S. Stewart
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