Tokyo—July 31 All four U.S. show jumping horses presented for the first horse inspection at the Olympic Games passed this evening in Tokyo. The squad includes Kent Farrington with Gazelle, Laura Kraut with Baloutinue, Jessica Springsteen with Don Juan Van De Donkhoeve and traveling reserve McLain Ward with Contagious. Two horses were sent to the holding […]
Tokyo—July 31 It took until the second-to-last rider of the Tokyo Olympics eventing dressage to crack the mark of 23.6 set early yesterday by Great Britain’s Oliver Townend. The rider to finally break through? It was none other than Rolex Grand Slam winner and reigning Olympic champion Michael Jung aboard Chipmunk FRH. Jung’s mark of […]
Australian three-day eventer Andrew Hoy is in Tokyo to contest his eighth Olympic Games, this time with Vassily de Lassos (Jaguar Mail—Illusion Perdue), a 12-year-old Anglo Arab owned by David and Paula Evans. Hoy has been competing at the top level eventing for more than 40 years, starting his international career at 18, when he […]
Tokyo—July 30 Great Britain’s Oliver Townend is the World No. 1 rider, so it’s only fitting he’s sitting in first place after the first day of dressage at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Aboard his five-star winner Ballaghmor Class, Townend was second in the ring and earned a score of 23.6 penalties that none of the […]
Horse Sport Ireland announced Thursday that Cathal Daniels has withdrawn his mare Rioghan Rua “for veterinary reasons” ahead of the start of the Olympic eventing competition. Daniels will be replaced by Austin O’Connor who traveled to Tokyo as the reserve. The Irish team will not incur a penalty for the substitution as it is taking place […]
Tokyo—July 29 Tokyo’s Olympic cross-country track will challenge riders to hold their lines across a tight, undulating track, members of the U.S. Eventing Team said, and they feel well prepared for the task ahead. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday after all their horses passed the first horse inspection, the U.S. riders talked about their experiences […]
Following the acceptance of all Australian team horses at the first horse inspection today, July 29, it was decided that Leporis, ridden by Stuart Tinney, will not start the competition and will be replaced by Kevin McNab riding Don Quidam. Based on advice from the team veterinarians and in consultation with the athletes, the decision […]
THE COMPETITION DATES: July 30 (July 29 in the U.S.)-Aug. 2 MEDAL DAY: Team and individual—Monday, Aug. 2 HOW TO WATCH: NBC Olympics Livestream (all times Eastern) • Dressage: Session 1 starts 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Session 2 starts 4:30 a.m. Friday and Session 3 starts 7:30 p.m. Friday; televised highlights at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC Sports. (Dressage ride times, listed […]
Tokyo—July 29 Banderas, ridden by Poland’s Pawel Spisak, was the only horse spun at the first eventing jog at the Olympic Games, and the country’s traveling alternate, Jan Kaminski on Jard, will now compete on the team. All other horses presented passed this morning in Tokyo. Lauren Billys’ Castle Larchfield Purdy (Puerto Rico) was also […]
It is often said that ponies are hardy little buggers, with a confidence and a personality bigger than any 18-hand counterpart—and Storyteller is here to perpetuate such stereotypes. Since starting his stateside career in 2009, the 14.2-hand, 18-year-old German Sport Pony of unrecorded breeding amassed a tricolor record with riders including Taylor St. Jacques, Emma Kurtz, […]
Tokyo—July 31 All four U.S. show jumping horses presented for the first horse inspection at the Olympic Games passed this evening in Tokyo. The squad includes Kent Farrington with Gazelle, Laura Kraut with Baloutinue, Jessica Springsteen with Don Juan Van De Donkhoeve and traveling reserve McLain Ward with Contagious. Two horses were sent to the holding […]
Tokyo—July 31 It took until the second-to-last rider of the Tokyo Olympics eventing dressage to crack the mark of 23.6 set early yesterday by Great Britain’s Oliver Townend. The rider to finally break through? It was none other than Rolex Grand Slam winner and reigning Olympic champion Michael Jung aboard Chipmunk FRH. Jung’s mark of […]
Australian three-day eventer Andrew Hoy is in Tokyo to contest his eighth Olympic Games, this time with Vassily de Lassos (Jaguar Mail—Illusion Perdue), a 12-year-old Anglo Arab owned by David and Paula Evans. Hoy has been competing at the top level eventing for more than 40 years, starting his international career at 18, when he […]
Tokyo—July 30 Great Britain’s Oliver Townend is the World No. 1 rider, so it’s only fitting he’s sitting in first place after the first day of dressage at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Aboard his five-star winner Ballaghmor Class, Townend was second in the ring and earned a score of 23.6 penalties that none of the […]
Horse Sport Ireland announced Thursday that Cathal Daniels has withdrawn his mare Rioghan Rua “for veterinary reasons” ahead of the start of the Olympic eventing competition. Daniels will be replaced by Austin O’Connor who traveled to Tokyo as the reserve. The Irish team will not incur a penalty for the substitution as it is taking place […]
Tokyo—July 29 Tokyo’s Olympic cross-country track will challenge riders to hold their lines across a tight, undulating track, members of the U.S. Eventing Team said, and they feel well prepared for the task ahead. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday after all their horses passed the first horse inspection, the U.S. riders talked about their experiences […]
Following the acceptance of all Australian team horses at the first horse inspection today, July 29, it was decided that Leporis, ridden by Stuart Tinney, will not start the competition and will be replaced by Kevin McNab riding Don Quidam. Based on advice from the team veterinarians and in consultation with the athletes, the decision […]
THE COMPETITION DATES: July 30 (July 29 in the U.S.)-Aug. 2 MEDAL DAY: Team and individual—Monday, Aug. 2 HOW TO WATCH: NBC Olympics Livestream (all times Eastern) • Dressage: Session 1 starts 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Session 2 starts 4:30 a.m. Friday and Session 3 starts 7:30 p.m. Friday; televised highlights at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC Sports. (Dressage ride times, listed […]
Tokyo—July 29 Banderas, ridden by Poland’s Pawel Spisak, was the only horse spun at the first eventing jog at the Olympic Games, and the country’s traveling alternate, Jan Kaminski on Jard, will now compete on the team. All other horses presented passed this morning in Tokyo. Lauren Billys’ Castle Larchfield Purdy (Puerto Rico) was also […]
It is often said that ponies are hardy little buggers, with a confidence and a personality bigger than any 18-hand counterpart—and Storyteller is here to perpetuate such stereotypes. Since starting his stateside career in 2009, the 14.2-hand, 18-year-old German Sport Pony of unrecorded breeding amassed a tricolor record with riders including Taylor St. Jacques, Emma Kurtz, […]
