Liz Power’s horse Kilpatrick River sustained an injury during exercise on Monday, just one day after arriving at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Irish vets treated the horse to the best of their abilities, but there was “insufficient improvement” and Kilpatrick RIver has now been withdrawn from the competition. All the excitement and potential of the WEGs just makes stories like this all the more heartbreaking. We can only hope that Kilpatrick River will be the last horse to get withdrawn from the WEGs, but I highly doubt it. Ireland’s eventing squad is now reduced to five riders, from which Ginny Eliott will pick four pairs to compete in the team competition and one as an individual before the eventing starts next Thursday.
Meanwhile, the US Team is busy packing for Kentucky, which you can read all about at Boyd’s blog
Go eventing.
