What You Need To Know: Olympic Eventing

Eventing will kick off the Paris Olympic Games equestrian competition Saturday, July 27, against the backdrop of the stunning Park at Versailles. After two last-minute changes to the U.S. Eventing Team that saw Will Coleman, originally named to the team with Off The Record and direct reserve Diabolo, replaced before Friday’s jog, the United States […]

Changes For Canadian Olympic Dressage Team

On Thursday the Canadian Olympic Committee announced that dressage team combination Jill Irving and Delacroix will not be competing for Team Canada at the Paris Olympic Games. The decision was made after it was determined near the end of the pre-Games training camp that Delacroix would not be fit to compete, and it would be […]

Eventing Draw Order Set At Paris Olympics

Paris—July 26 The draw order for eventing at the Olympic Games has been set with Germany’s Julia Krajewski on Nickel 21 as the pathfinder at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. EDT). The U.S. team is sixth in the rotation, and Caroline Pamukcu and HSH Blake will be the team’s pathfinder at 10 a.m. (4 […]

1 Spun, 5 Held At First Olympic Eventing Horse Inspection

Paris—July 26 Eighty event horses congregated on the jog strip this morning in Versailles, France, for the first horse inspection of the Paris Olympic Games. Of those, five were sent to the hold box and one was spun upon re-inspection. DSP Fighting Line, ridden by Lea Siegl of Austria was not passed on re-inspection. Austria […]

Will Coleman Out, Liz Halliday In For US Eventing Team In Paris

Paris—July 26 This story has been updated at 6:04 a.m. EDT with a quote from Liz Halliday. Ahead of the first horse inspection for the eventing competition at the Paris Olympic Games, the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced a change to the team. Traveling reserve Liz Halliday and Nutcracker are replacing Will Coleman and Diabolo. This […]

‘A Lot Of Things To Play With’: First Look At Paris Olympic Cross-Country

Paris—July 25 Cross-country day at the Paris Olympic Games is Sunday, July 28, and course designer Pierre Le Goupil designed a beautiful track in homage to French history and the park at Chateau de Versailles where the equestrian events are taking place. Riders will tackle a 5,149-meter course with an optimum time of 9 minutes, […]

Different Level, Same Result: Brannigan Repeats Rebecca Farm Win

Is it the mountain air? The stunning vistas of “big sky country”? Or maybe it’s just the change of scenery that brings out the best in Pascal and Jennie Brannigan, who came out on top of the five-entry CCI4*-L division at The Event at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, July 17-21. They also won Rebecca […]

Column: Great Britain Appears Poised To Defend Its Tokyo Team Gold In Eventing

The excitement of the Olympic Games is building, and everyone is looking forward to witnessing eventing with the stunning backdrop of the Chateau de Versailles in Paris.  Once again, we follow the Olympic format we saw in Tokyo in 2021, with teams of three and a traveling reserve available as a substitute. The reserve can […]

Sandra Auffarth Out, Julia Krajewski In For German Eventing Team

The German Equestrian Federation announced today that eventer Sandra Auffarth on Viamant Du Matz is withdrawing from the Paris Olympic Games, and that reigning Olympic individual gold medalist Julia Krajewski will take her place with Nickel. At the final health check on Tuesday evening at the German training camp in Deauville, France, Viamant Du Matz […]

Dujardin Whipping Video Made Public

The video that ended Charlotte Dujardin’s bid for a seventh Olympic medal has been obtained by British news outlets including The Telegraph, The Guardian and Good Morning Britain. In publicly aired clips from the video, Dujardin is shown on the ground in an indoor, using a whip to repeatedly hit the legs of a horse […]