Dutch Grand Prix rider Joyce van Schaick will be away from the international Grand Prix show ring for a while. Her number one horse Well Done Sollenburg has been operated on a tendon injury on Tuesday 23 January 2018.
Well Done Sollenburg is a 15-year old Dutch warmblood bred by Adri Zekveld and sired by Metall out of Primadonna V (by Let's Go V).
The mare made its international show debut at small tour level in 2012 at the CDI Compiegne. In 2015 they made their first attempt at CDI Grand Prix at Compiegne as well. Then there was more than a 2 year break before their returned to the international GP ring at Darmstadt in September 2017. They finished 11th in the Grand Prix with 65.160% and 11th in the Kur with 67.750%.
In an interview with Dutch equestrian magazine De Hoefslag, Van Schaick explained that the injury to which he has been operated is one that has been niggling for years.
"It dates even back from before the colic surgery two years ago," she said. "The leg has been injected a few times and each time we could pick up the training again after a few weeks of walk."
However in December the horse took a wrong step and triggered the old injury. He has now been operated on by renowned Belgian equine surgeon Tom Mariën. "The damage to his leg was bigger than expected," she said. During a key hole operation the damage to his tendon was removed. "Now it's just wait and see if he'll recover and which rehabilitation therapies are necessary," Van Schaick added.
The 33-year old Van Schaick is based in Abcoude, The Netherlands, and has two more youngsters in training, High Fidelity (by Tango x Voice) and Glendale (by Ampere x Gribaldi).
Source: De Hoefslag