Niklas and Mister Pooh at the recent CICO in Aachen
Despite completing at Aachen, one of Sweden’s top horses has been ruled out of contention for Normandy due to an infection affecting his heart. Niklas Lindback’s Mister Pooh, who was part of the Swedish team at London 2012, was found to have an infection that affects the heart's ability to work optimally under heavy load. Due to this Mister Pooh is required to have six weeks off work, meaning that he is ineligible for selection for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games which takes place in four weeks time
Another of Sweden’s top riders, the London 2012 silver individual medallist Sara Algotsson Ostholt is also unavailable for selection due to pregnancy
The squad, which will be finalised on August 14th is;
Viktoria Carlerbäck on Volt af Källstorp
Dag Albert on Tubber Rebel
Anna Hassö on Clover
Anna Hilton on Matrix W
Johan Lundin on Johnny Cash
Malin Petersen on Sofarsogood
Ludwig Svennerstal on either Alexander or King Bob
