30/07/2024
Team USA’s Marcus Orlob on Jane waves to the crowd, which applauded sympathetically after Orlob was eliminated during his Grand Prix test after judge at C Susanne Baarup of Denmark spotted blood on the inside of the mare’s right hind fetlock (visible in the photo). Orlob speculated afterward that Jane’s reaction to seeing the crowd at Versailles – she backed and spun when she entered the stadium – might have caused her to nick herself. The good news is, according to Orlob, Jane is fine. The bad news is that the USA is now out of the Paris 2024 Olympic team competition. The remaining two riders, Adrienne Lyle on Helix (who rides today) and SPeters Dressage on Suppenkasper (who rides tomorrow), will be competing as individuals.
Photo by Jennifer Bryant.