Tom McEwen's Diesel has failed the first horse inspection

[Puppy]

Bad news

 

[stroppymare153]

Oh no!! how absolutely gutting for him

justifiably??

any other failures?

 

[Alfami]

Whhhhaaaaaaattttt! OMG. Lots of questions / thoughts / comments that I could write, but PLEASE all who reply to this remember that Tom will be absolutely devastated, whatever the circumstances he won't have wanted that to happen. Poor Tom, not a great way to receive your first Senior flag.

 

[Twiglet]

How frustrating for Tom, his connections and the team.

 

[lex2501]

Poor poor Tom. If he cares for his horses with as much sympathy as he rides them then I have every faith that any negative comments put on this thread can be totally and utterly ignored!

 

[MistletoeMegan]

We haven't actually had any negative comments, so no need to censor anyone lex.

Really disappointing for them

 

[lex2501]

We haven't actually had any negative comments, so no need to censor anyone lex.

Really disappointing for them

I have already seen them on Facebook and Twitter!

 

[Holidays_are_coming]

Poor Tom how gutting. With all the care and attention those horses get, hers hoping it's nothing major.

 

[Dusty85]

Poor him. Awful news at your first team GB call up.

So what does this mean for the team? Do we have a reserve?

 

[sportsmansB]

Very surprised at that happening given all the support available there, am sure that all horses were watched in advance of trot up by team manager/vet/etc and most riders would know if theirs was ropey
Irish are all through

 

[blackhor2e]

Absolutely gutting, I wonder why it was pulled up, such a shame for Tom

 

[ihatework]

Absolutely gutting for him and the team

 

[Nicnac]

Awful news for him and his team. All I saw on Twitter was that his horse cantered in the trot up so no idea why he was spun.

Can't imagine how dreadful he must be feeling right now :-(

 

[CaleruxShearer]

Poor Tom. That's going to be a very long journey home. Official line from Yogi is that the horse is sore through his back from e journey.

 

[Badders]

British Eventing's explanation is that Diesel became a little sore in his back while travelling, that it's nothing serious. How sad for Tom.

 

[teapot]

Poor him. Awful news at your first team GB call up.

So what does this mean for the team? Do we have a reserve?

Don't technically have a reserve or need one - it's a team of four (Lucy W, Pippa F, Tina C and WFP) and Izzy Taylor's the individual as would Tom has been too.

Must be absolutely devastating for him

 

[Dusty85]

Ah ok- thanks- I knew there were 6 of them, but I didnt know who was in the team/individual.

 

[oldvic]

Awful news for him and his team. All I saw on Twitter was that his horse cantered in the trot up so no idea why he was spun.

Can't imagine how dreadful he must be feeling right now :-(

He was spun because he was lame.

They would have just asked him to go again if it was the cantering that didn't give them a chance to see if he was sound. That he was sent straight to the holding box shows he was lame before he cantered. Even if the holding vet can't find a reason for the lameness, they have to look acceptable.

 

[Lolo]

How absolutely horrible for him. Poor Tom and poor Diesel