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 He was withdrawn before the grand prix with a tooth abscess.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Austria’s Victoria Max-Theurer has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics ahead of today’s opening grand prix as her ride Abegglen NRW has suffered a tooth problem.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
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