Second rider withdraws ahead of Blenheim Europeans cross-country test

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Blenheim European Championships withdrawal: Senne Vervaecke and Google Van Alsingen will not run across country
Senne Vervaecke and Google Van Alsingen at Badminton 2025.
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There has been a second withdrawal ahead of cross-country at the Agria Blenheim European Championships cross-country.

Senne Vervaecke has pulled out his 14-year-old chestnut mare Google Van Alsingen, which means that the Belgian team is down to three riders. As only three scores need to count in this format, it means Belgium are still in the running but have no more leeway should any of their remaining team members not complete.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
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Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.