Ingrid Klimke injured in cross-country fall at Luhmuhlen Horse Trials

German Olympic eventer Ingrid Klimke, pictured, has broken her collar bone in a cross-country fall — Ingrid Klimke and Equistros Siena Just Do It pictured at CHIO Aachen in September 2021.

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German Olympic eventer – and World Championship dressage rider – Ingrid Klimke is recovering from a broken collarbone sustained in a fall at Luhmühlen Horse Trials.

The 55-year-old multiple medallist was competing in the CCI4*-S on her 11-year-old mare Equistros Siena Just Do It when they had a fall in the cross-country. The pair had been lying in third after the dressage on a score of 28.3.

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Since joining H&H in 2018, Becky has covered a broad range of equestrian news including welfare matters, veterinary studies, FEI Tribunal hearings and road safety campaigns. She has also interviewed top riders including Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to name just a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, as well as the Royal Highland and Blair Castle International Horse Trials closer to home. She was also a key part of the remote reporting team for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.

Five-time Olympic eventer injured in cross-country fall

Ingrid bought Westphalian “Siena” as a five-year-old direct from her breeder Anke Just, and has brought her up the levels. They made their four-star debut together at Luhmühlen in 2020, where they were fifth. Most recently the pair were 12th in the Barboroko CCI4*-S in Poland.

Ingrid said Siena had been “so great” during the cross-country on Saturday (17 June), but at 14c, the angled brush fences in the main arena, they went a “bit off the ideal line” jumping in.

“Siena lost her balance, and I didn’t have a chance to sit it out,” she said, adding that she had been diagnosed with a broken collarbone.

“Such a pity, I would have loved to have ridden this great cross-country course to the end. The doctors are confident that I will soon be back in the saddle.”

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