Dutch rider eliminated from WEG dressage

Dutch rider Adelinde Cornelissen was eliminated during her dressage test Tuesday morning after blood was seen in her horse’s mouth.  The C judge and the head of the ground jury, Stephen Clark of Great Britain, asked Adelinde to leave aboard Perzival after her halt and rein back when Stephen saw blood in the foam around Perzival’s mouth, according to the Horse and Hound.  
Adelinde and Perzival might look familiar because we published a photo of Adelinde practicing at the WEGs in Eventing Nation’s ‘late night links’ post on Monday:
More photos at st-georg.de
Afternoon update: Eurodressage and the COTH are reporting that Adelinde says Perzival bit his tongue. 
Adelinde and Perzival were contenders to win gold and were in the lead when they were eliminated.  The elimination also disqualifies them from the individual competition.  The Dutch team is still winning as of this morning but they are down to three riders, with their anchor, Edward Gal and Totilas, set to ride Tuesday afternoon.  
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