Austin O’Connor retira a Colorado Blue del Kentucky Three-Day Event

El jinete irlandés Austin O’Connor ha retirado a su caballo Colorado Blue del Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event tras sufrir un contratiempo en su entrenamiento. La pareja, ganadora del Maryland 5 Star en 2023, estaba inscrita para el evento de cinco estrellas estadounidense programado del 23 al 26 de abril. O’Connor confirmó que se perderán tanto esta competición como el Mars Badminton Horse Trials.

Austin O’Connor y su caballo de 17 años, Colorado Blue, no viajarán a Estados Unidos para el Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. O’Connor declaró a Horse & Hound que Colorado Blue sufrió un contratiempo en el entrenamiento, pero espera que sea algo pasajero. "Vamos a saltarnos Badminton y Kentucky esta vez, y esperamos tenerlo de vuelta en cinco o seis semanas", señaló O’Connor. El dúo terminó tercero en Badminton el año pasado y fue subcampeón en el Defender Burghley Horse Trials. El fin de semana del 3 al 5 de abril, quedaron sextos en la Grantham Cup de cuatro estrellas en Thoresby Park como preparación para Kentucky, donde O’Connor destacó que el caballo estaba en gran forma antes de que surgiera el problema. "Son cosas que pasan. Nos perderemos un cinco estrellas esta primavera, pero no es el fin del mundo", añadió, pensando ya en los Campeonatos Mundiales de Aquisgrán del 11 al 23 de agosto. Joseph Murphy también ha retirado a Belline Fighting Spirit de Kentucky, pero sigue inscrito para Badminton. Pomp N Circumstance, de Padraig McCarthy, es ahora el único participante irlandés que queda para el evento CCI5* de Estados Unidos, que cuenta con 35 inscritos de los 37 iniciales.

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