Eventing teams from all over the globe made their first Olympic appearance this morning in Greenwich Park at the first veterinary inspection. The United States team was the first to jog following the individual from Ecuador, and all horses passed on the first inspection.
There were a few horses from other countries, however, who were held and had to have a second inspection. Lionel Guyon and Nemetis de Lalou of France, Peter Barry and Kilrodan Abbott of Canada, South Africa’s Alex Peternell and Asih, and Serguei Fofanoff's mare, Barbara, of Brazil were all held, but passed on re-inspection. Great Britain’s Zara Phillips was asked to jog High Kingdom a second time although they were not formally held.
With sound horses from all Olympic eventing teams, London is ready to open up the competition with the dressage phase tomorrow and Sunday. The order of go for the teams is as follows: Ecuador, USA, Australia, France, South Africa, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Belarus, Japan, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Great Britain, Sweden, Jamaica, New Zealand, Russia, and Thailand. Team USA will complete their first phase tomorrow, so keep in touch to see where our team stands after their first round.
Complete schedule and viewing information is available here.
When Monbeg Zebedee came to Allison Springer’s barn nearly three years ago, she wasn’t sure where he might end up or how far his talent would take him. The Irish Sport Horse gelding (Dignifed van’t Zorgvliet x Bolacreane Dolly) had been purchased out of the Monart sale in Ireland by British five-star rider Kitty King as a sales prospect when he was 3, and King had started him but never competed him.
In their first trip down centerline at the Setters’ Run Farm Carolina International CCI4*-S, Monica Spencer and Artist slipped into the top spot this afternoon with a score of 28.6. The New Zealand native, who’s now based in The Plains, Virginia, has been partnered with “Max,” a 14-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Guillotine x Maxamore) she owns, since he was 4.
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