When the paste was found he immediately decided to alert the FN and the FEI and decided he could not start his horse in the competition. Otto Becker chef d'equipe of Germany states: "It's terrible when you drive over a 500 miles to get to a competition and you can't compete. But it was the right decision and now we just have to wait wat the results of the investigation will bring. We hope we will get answers as well about how it was possible the paste ended up in the trhough".
The German Federation (FN) has also asked the FEI to start a investigation.