Top event horse suffers tendon injury at World Championships test event

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SAP Hale Bob OLD injured: the horse is pictured at Badminton 2015
Ingrid Klimke and SAP Hale Bob OLD at Badminton 2015.
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Ingrid Klimke’s multi-medallist SAP Hale Bob OLD has been injured. The horse suffered a tendon injury while competing at the test event for the eventing World Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, last weekend.

“Bobby” was a member of the German team as this fixture was also a Nations Cup competition. Ingrid said on her social media that after a confident first half of his cross-country round, the horse injured a tendon on a stretch between the obstacles. She immediately noticed something was wrong and pulled up.

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.