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Otto is being retired

Jun 17, 2012

Otto, ridden by Todd Flettrich on the U.S. team at the World Equestrian Games to qualify America for the Olympics, is being retired and will not go to the London Games as the first reserve. The owner Cherry Knoll Farm decided the welfare of the horse was paramount and did not want to put Otto through the stress of two transAtlantic flights and not compete. At least five horses will be sent with the U.S. dressage team. Pending the approval of the USEF High Performance Working Group and the USEF Executive Commitee, the FEI Nominated Entry for the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games is as follows. Athletes and horse are listed in ranked order based on the results from the 2012 USEF Selection Trials & Grand Prix National Championship:
Results:
1/3. Steffen Peters and Four Winds Farm's Legolas 92 AND Ravel
2. Tina Konyot and her own Calecto V
4. Jan Ebeling and Ann Romney, Beth Meyers, Amy Ebeling's Rafalca
5. Adrienne Lyle and Peggy Thomas' Wizard
6. Todd Flettrich and Cherry Knoll Farm's Otto

Todd and Otto have been among the most consistent of America’s high performance combinations. They finished the four competitions–two Grand Prix and two Olympic Grand Prix Specials–in the U.S. selection trials with an average of 71.870 per cent, will be retired after falling less than one percentage point of winning a place on the U.S. team at the London Games next month.

Source Dressage-news.com