FEDERATION EQUESTRE INTERNATIONALE FLASH NEWS 5 April 2001

Dutch horses on their way to Göteborg.

This morning, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture announced the release of ban of movement for horses in the Netherlands, excepted from infected areas and under specific conditions.

All riders qualified for the Final, whose horses were blocked in the Netherlands, because of Foot and Mouth outbreak, immediately decided to move to Sweden. The Swedish Rolf-Gören Bentsson, the Dutch Jan Tops, Wim and Gerco Schröder, Yves Houtackers and the American Peter Wylde are currently on their way to Sweden.

It was unfortunately too late for the Dutch Dressage riders to participate in the World Cup Dressage Final in Denmark, which starts today.

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