Great Britain’s Michael Whitaker has withdrawn Cassionato from the remainder of the competition at the Olympic Games after the 11-year-old Holsteriner stallion (Cassini I-Perle Holstein, Quidam de Revel) began showing colic symptoms yesterday evening.

The pair added four faults in yesterday’s first round of the team competition, but it wasn’t enough to boost the reigning Olympic gold medal-winning team into the top 8 teams that will compete today.

Whitaker’s teammates Ben Maher (Tic Tac) and Nick Skelton (Big Star) will compete in today’s round, which also counts as the third individual qualifier.

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