24 July, 2021 05:31 Abegglen NRW, the ride of Victoria Max-Theurer, at the Tokyo Olympic dressage trot-up. He was withdrawn before the grand prix with a tooth abscess. Credit: Peter Nixon
Austria’s Victoria Max-Theurer has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics ahead of today’s opening grand prix as her ride Abegglen NRW has suffered a tooth problem.
Victoria explained that “Abby” had underperformed in training yesterday, which she could not explain until he was checked by the team vet and official vet clinic. They discovered the horse had an abscess in a molar late yesterday evening.
“The wellbeing of my horse takes precedence over everything for me and nothing can shake that,” said Victoria. “But this also means today, on the day we have worked towards for almost five eventful years, on which we have concentrated everything, we are not allowed to ride into the Olympic arena to show what we can do for our team and Austria. This hurts a lot, but the most import
Marcus Hermes Takes Over Quantum Vis MW from Dorothee Schneider Thu, 01/07/2021 - 13:00
Germany
Newly independent professional Marcus Hermes has taken over the ride on Quantum Vis, which Dorothee Schneider developed to Grand Prix level.
Quantum Vis MW is a 12-year old Hanoverian stallion by Quaterback out of Granada (by Gloster x Pikör x Wendekreis). He is bred and owned by Maja Wieczorek.
Diederik van Silfhout
Quantum Vis MW was first trained and competed by Diederik van Silfhout in The Netherlands from the age of 3 until he was 7. He produced him up to M-level with competition starts in 2016.
Matthias Bouten