Horse withdrawn from Tokyo Olympic dressage due to tooth abscess

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 He was withdrawn before the grand prix with a tooth abscess.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Austria’s Victoria Max-Theurer has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics ahead of today’s opening grand prix as her ride Abegglen NRW has suffered a tooth problem.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

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.