The former Olympic champion show jumper feels vindicated over ‘barring’ allegations; any method of touching a horse’s leg now banned.
German Equestrian Federation
TV station RTL is set to broadcast video of the controversial practice, but has refused to give the German equestrian federation a copy.
The FEI has informed the German Equestrian Federation of a positive drug test from the FEI European Eventing Championship in Strzegom, Poland. Julia Krajewski’s horse Samourai du Thot tested positive for Firocoxib which has an analgesic, anti-inflammatory effect and is a Controlled Medication Substance, but is not a Banned substance (doping) under the FEI’s Equine […]
Dressage rider Isabell Werth has been embroiled in a legal battle with the German Equestrian Federation since last fall, when the Olympian received a six-month competition ban and a €2,000 fine, stemming from a June 2012 positive drug test in one of her mounts. Werth’s horse, El Santo NRW, tested positive for cimetidine at the […]
Last fall, German dressage rider Isabell Werth received a six-month suspension from the German Equestrian Federation (FN) after one of her mounts tested positive for a banned substance. Now, the title sponsor of the international German equestrian teams, AGCO/Fendt, is demanding that the FN end the rider’s suspension. “We do not appreciate the unfair treatment […]
The German Equestrian Federation (FN) has suspended Olympic dressage rider, Isabell Werth, from competition for six-months after one of her mounts tested positive for a banned substance. El Santo NRW tested positive for cimetidine at the Rhineland Championships in June 2012. The drug, which is used to treat stomach ulcers, is not banned by the […]