Norwegian WEG team member Cathrine Rasmussen and Fernandez have withdrawn from competing at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. Norwegian team reserve rider Ellen Birgitte Farbfrot will replace her.
The Danish based Cathrine Rasmussen has been forced to withdraw from the team because her 14-year old Westfalian gelding Fernandez (by Florestan I x Weinberg) is injured and not fit to compete.
Team alternate Ellen Birgitte Farbrot and her 14-year old Danish warmblood Akon Askelund (by Akinos x Pari Ace Dane) will joing Norwegian WEG team members Trude Hestengen, Lillan Jebsen and Camilla Kalseth in Caen, where the competition is set to begin on Monday 25 August 2014.
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