Dressage Horse is Forced to Withdraw from the Olympics after 'Mosquito Bite' left it with a ...

Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | August 11, 2016 | Patrick Lion

[Cecily]

Dutch Olympic medalist Adelinde Cornelissen has been forced to withdraw her dressage horse from the Rio games after it contracted a toxic fever.

Cornelissen said the problem with Parzival, a 19-year-old Jazz gelding who won individual silver and team bronze at London 2012, was believed to stem from a bite from a mosquito or a spider.

She retired from the competition after just a handful of movements.

Cornelissen said the fever started the day before the event began when the horse had a fever of over 40 degrees.

'When I came into the stable he had a swollen cheek, and we think he had been bitten by a spider or a mosquito,' Cornelissen said.

[Cecily]

Not only do the athletes have to compete at this Olympics, they have to worry about getting out of Brazil alive or in one piece.

[telstar12.5]

Horses did not sign up for this 3rd world crap.

Poor grrranimal!

[hal ogen]

Will the corrupt olympic officials who chose rio pay for the treatment of the horse with their bribe money?

[freedumb2003]

What is this “Olympics” I hear about from time to time.

Is it a regular thing?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Poor horse.

Don’t riders usually have reserve horses if something happens? Or at least, might get to use another team member’s horse? (OK, I know in dressage especially the dynamics of the team can be messed up, but still....)

What happened to that alleged sickly swimmer? And the other stories about green pools?

[Daniel Ramsey]

Just wait and see, some Islamic country will win the bid for Olympics, a total sharia ceremony. With muslim special events of which i will not mention.

[EinNYC]

OMG, what a totally GORGEOUS horse. Just a dream. Look at his grace, even in a still shot. I’d love to see him in action when he’s well.

[EinNYC]

Here is a video of Parzival and Adelinde in competition in 2010. They are a wonder of grace and complete integration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqbUH3yzWUE

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Remember when we were all warned VEE (Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis) was heading to the USA through mosquito bites fifty years ago? It hit, a few people got sick then it passed.