Belgian dressage rider Marc Peter Spahn was taken to hospital by ambulance, days after dazzling the crowds at London Worldwide Horse Present (LIHS) along with his Friesian stallion Elias.
Marc and Elias completed thirteenth within the dressage World Cup qualifier at LIHS, and Marc says he “drove house in euphoria on Saturday” however was then taken to hospital following a fall on Tuesday afternoon.
Marc suffered a severe leg fracture and is ready to bear surgical procedure within the subsequent week.
“It’s not an excellent prognosis for me. I must cancel every thing in January. I’ll have surgical procedure this week, ideally ASAP,” he mentioned.
Marc had been aiming to safe a coveted place to compete on the World Cup Ultimate, in Omaha, USA, in April, and had been planning to proceed competing on the World Cup qualifier circuit via January to earn the factors wanted to stand up the rankings. He’s at the moment tenth within the standings for the Western European League, for which 9 spots on the closing can be found.
“You may cry, however it gained’t assist,” he mentioned. “What’s necessary now could be to maintain issues on monitor at house. All horses have to be given a spot to remain in coaching. I haven’t thrown within the towel but – I’ve too large a aim in thoughts.”
Marc has competed 5 Friesian horses as much as grand prix degree, however the 13-year-old stallion Elias represents his finest likelihood of qualifying for the World Cup Ultimate for the primary time. The pair have been on flying type; their 73.32% at London Horse Present was near their all-time finest rating.
In response to Phryso, Marc’s companion Ykje Baron will step in to maintain Elias match whereas Marc is out of motion.
Though Marc’s damage will rule him out of competing at key World Cup reveals over the following month, corresponding to Mechelen and Amsterdam CDI-Ws, he hopes to be recovered in time for later fixtures corresponding to Gothenburg CDI-W in late February and ‘s-Hertogenbosch in March.
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