Ilka Boening Hospitalized after Tragic Death of Weisse Rose

The same accident which recently befell Dorothee Schneider and Rock 'n Rose has happened to German dressage rider Ilka Boening at the 2021 Oldenburg regional dressage championships in Rastede on 24 July 2021.

Boening was warming up her horse, 9-year old Weisse Rose (by De Niro / Fürst Heinrich), for the first round, the Intermediaire II, of the regional championship at big tour level when suddenly the horse collapsed and died from a suspected aortic rupture, crushing her rider while falling over.

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