Withdrawn during his test, and the NED don’t have an onsite alternate anyhow. Their team is down to three.
I wish they had retired him last year
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Crock - you said it! Totally agree …
When I read the title, I also thought similarly, and that he’s had a long and successful career, too bad this happened. Hope he will be ok.
He looked NQR in the test to me. Glad she made the right decision. He’s a great horse.
UPDATE - from Dressage-news:
Adelinde explained that Parzival had a swollen cheek on Tuesday, apparently bitten by a mosquito or a spider.
“His body was full of toxics and he has been on liquids for nine hours,” she said. "This morning he looked better and the team vet said I could give it a try.
“He felt completely empty and he did not deserve this,” Adelinde said.
I hope he’ll be all right; he’s a long way from home.
Sounds like some sort of a bite/swelling and fever. The description of “filled with toxic fever” sounds really weird and trite, but I think that is an issue with translation, not with the knowledge or attitude of Parzival’s team. Europeans often use “toxic” and “septic” differently from the American usage.
Such a shame. Great horse. Questionable whether he would stay sound at his age (19), Then a shame and irony get here and have him knocked out by something totally random like this.
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Sounds like some sort of a bite/swelling and fever. The description of “filled with toxic fever” sounds really weird and trite, but I think that is an issue with translation, not with the knowledge or attitude of Parzival’s team. Europeans often use “toxic” and “septic” differently from the American usage.
Such a shame. Great horse. Questionable whether he would stay sound at his age (19), Then a shame and irony get here and have him knocked out by something totally random like this.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. I think we can all agree that the Dutch team vets are fairly superlative, and the Dutch riders are also. She gave it a go and it was clear it wasn’t working out. Kudos to her for bowing out.
Nobody in their right mind would fight the translation. Also, no one in their right mind would discover massive swelling on their horse and expect them to perform at 100% the next day. I’ve had horses with suspected spider and wasp bites and they were mighty unhappy for days, even with meds. And that’s with bites happening in their home stable. I can’t imagine the reaction to spider bites/bug bites in a different continent.
I give her kudo’s for bowing out rather than wait to be rung out. P had his tongue over both bits at one point. I imagine she had to ride with a looser noseband, allowing him greater opportunity to get the tongue over. His cheek bothering him could certainly increase the chance of him doing something with the tongue. It’s a shame for him to go out like that (assuming he’s nearing retirement), but I don’t blame her for continuing to show him if he enjoyed it. He was obviously still going well enough to make the Dutch team.
Something seems fishy. NBC says they withdrew because he had a hairline fracture. Doesn’t say where…? Scroll to the bottom. Anyone have any other info?
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/recap-dressage-grand-prix-day-1
And then there’s this…
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?497788-Parzival-hairline-fracture
This thread has the discussion…
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?497788-Parzival-hairline-fracture
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This thread has the discussion…
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?497788-Parzival-hairline-fracture[/QUOTE]
Thank you!
I give her kudo’s for bowing out rather than wait to be rung out.
Better to retire than be rung out or struggle through for a bad score. …
