WEG Eventing: Cross-Country Keeps Germany’s Jung Atop Eventing World Championships, Presented by Reem Acra

Michael Jung (GER) and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW.  (©Nan Rawlins for Equimage® Media)

Lexington, KY — As the day’s third-last starter, Germany’s Michael Jung and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW made the cross-country course look easy at the Eventing World Championships, presented by Reem Acra.  The pair added nothing to their dressage penalty score of 33.00, to keep the lead they took yesterday in the dressage phase at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. 

WEG Eventing: Update on Rider Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA)

Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA) and Iman du Golfe at The Land Between the Lakes prior to the spill. (©Equimage® Media)

Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA) has been released from the hospital after being examined and treated for minor injuries incurred in fall during Cross Country phase of the Eventing World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™.

Garcia’s horse, Iman du Golfe, #73, was transported to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital where he was treated for a deep laceration and small bone chip near his left elbow.   The horse is now resting comfortably and attending veterinarians are optimistic he will make a full recovery.