Owners withdraw showjumper from WEG due to hurricane risk

The owners of Irish showjumper Michael Duffy’s World Equestrian Games ride have withdrawn their horse from the championships due to the severe weather forecast.

The Irishman received a late call-up to be the squad’s “fifth man” (travelling reserve) aboard the 12-year-old stallion EFS Top Contender on 31 August.

In a post on the horse’s Facebook page, Owners Graham and Ben Dalton said they are “not prepared to send our horse halfway across the world into a potentially catastrophic hurricane”.

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*Article written by Lucy Elder *