Tipperary Liadhnan withdrawn before the jog

The USEF has just announced that Kim Severson’s US team horse Tipperary Liadhnan has been withdrawn from the WEG jog due to a cellulitis infection.  The team vets battled the cellulitis over the past couple of days but it took a turn for the worse on Tuesday and rumors started swirling around the barns that “Paddy” would be withdrawn Wednesday morning.  It is too late for the US to make a substitution for the ‘squad’ so the US will only compete 5 horses, but since the teams are not formally submitted until after the Wednesday jog, either Karen or Becky will be added to the ‘team’ for the team competition.  To clarify what can sometimes be confusing terminology, the US will move forward with one individual and four team competition riders, making a 5 horse squad.  The jog has started and we will have much more soon.