Dorothee Schneider Back in the Saddle with "Magical" Vest

German Olympic team contender Dorothee Schneider is back in the saddle, riding her top horse Showtime, just three weeks after fracturing her collarbone in a tragic accident in which she lost her fourth GP horse, Fohlenhof's Rock 'n Rose.

Fractured Collarbone

Schneider and the Heicke family's 17-year old Hanoverian mare Fohlenhof's Rock 'n Rose (by Rubin-Royal x Feiner Stern) placed third in the Grand Prix at the national show in Pforzheim. During the lap of honour the mare suddenly collapsed and died of an aortic rupture, injuring the rider in the process.

Schneider was transported to the hospital by ambulance and diagnosed with a broken collarbone. A standard fracture takes 4 to 6 weeks to heal, but Schneider has no time to waste with the German Olympic selection trials rapidly approaching in June.

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