Netherlands takes team dressage gold medal at World Equestrian Games

Netherlands takes team dressage gold at WEG

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Netherlands won the gold medal in team Grand Prix dressage at the World Equestrian Games on Tuesday, despite having a horse disqualified.

Britain was second and Germany beat out the United States for bronze.

Dutch rider Adelinde Cornelissen and horse Jerich Parzival were disqualified when the ground jury observed blood in the horse’s saliva, an automatic elimination. Cornelissen thinks her horse bit his tongue.

The Netherlands scored 229.754 points, Britain had 224.767, and Germany finished with 220.595. It was the first time Britain medaled in team dressage at the World Equestrian Games.