Chef d'Equipe, Otto Becker, has appointed Denis Nielsen to replace Weishaupt at the start this Thursday in Barcelona. Weishaupt earlier this month impressed with a clean victory in the Rolex Grand Slam of Spruce Meadows.
This brings the average age of the GErman team a bit down. Marcus Ehning will be joined by Laura Klaphake (23), Simone Blum (28), Andreas Kreuzer (27) and Denis Nielsen (28).
Weishaupt had to retreat after the owners of his tophorse, L.B. Convall (by Colman) had decided their stallion should not start in BArcelona.
Denis Nielsen will replace Weishaupt with his first horse, Cashmoaker (by Calido I).