Just days after her successful international show debut as a senior Grand Prix rider, the 21-year old Felicita Simoncic injured herself in a riding accident.
Austrian Under 25 rider Simoncic competed at the 2025 European U25 Championships in Kronberg this summer, placing 9th in the Kur finals aboard the 15-year old KWPN stallion Four Legends KS (by Wynton x Ferro). Two months later she made her debut as a senior Grand Prix rider at the Austrian Championships, straight away winning silver. At the CDI Wiener Neustadt on 3 - 5 October she scored 69.957% in the senior Grand Prix and 74.350% in the Kur to Music.
Shortly after the show in Wiener Neustadt, Felicita fell off her second Grand Prix horse, 12-year old KWPN gelding Ivar (by Ampere x Olivi), who spooked from a tractor.
"I won't be able to ride for a while, because I have severe bruising to the head, cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the right side of my ribs," Felicita explained.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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