{"piano":{"sandbox":"false","aid":"u28R38WdMo","rid":"R7EKS5F","offerId":"OF3HQTHR122A","offerTemplateId":"OTQ347EHGCHM"}}

Totilas out of World Equestrian Games


  • TotilasGermany’s top hope for individual gold at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) — has been withdrawn for health reasons.

    The 14-year-old was due to compete next week (25-29 August) with rider Matthias Alexander Rath.

    A statement released by the German equestrian federation said that the partnership had been at a training camp at Peterhof stud when Totilas had a “pain reaction” to an existing splint injury.

    “After consultation with the leadership team, the vet team and the rider was decided that for the sake of the horse he should not participate,” the statement added.

    Fabienne Lütkemeier and D’Agostino will take their place in the German dressage team.

    Totilas was one of Charlotte Dujardin’s main rivals at WEG after he won two classes in impressive style at Aachen earlier this summer.

    Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout major shows like London International and more with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now

    You may like...