A virulent epidemic of rhinopneumonia caused the cancellation of many jumpings in Europe. “Not good, five months before the Games”, testifies Jérôme Guéry.
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Ldistress is palpable. While he says he waited two days before deciding to post a video on his social networks, we feel Philippe Rozier very moved. The reigning Olympic team champion describes his comeback – with his 13 horses – from CES Valencia where a major source of contamination of equine rhinopneumonia (EHV-1, in its most severe neurological form) was detected the week last. “As soon as we got back, we isolated horses, grooms and riders, disinfected the trucks, but in the end, the condition of 10 horses that tested negative deteriorated, starting with that of Rahotep from Tuscany,” the stallion that Philippe Rozier had led to victory in Rio, and that seems the worst.
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