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.
One of the most important things to do before hitting "Submit" on your horse trial entry form is to review the event's Omnibus details on the USEA Calendar. Each event will have its own listing which outlines everything you need to know about the competition beforehand from entry information, who the officials are, what levels will be offered, what you can expect from the cross-country course, and much more.
Proper conditioning is a very important factor in getting the most out of a competition horse. There are two elements to fitness—cardiovascular and musculoskeletal. They are equally important. Both are ideally developed through long slow distance work (LSD).
For some riders, it’s easy to miss the moments in between the big goals like a championship or a long format event, but Jennie Brannigan is savoring her moment today at the Setters' Run Farm Carolina International CCI4*-S, where she took home the win on Tim and Nina Gardner’s FE Lifestyle.
Riders in the CCI4*-S at the Setters’ Run Farm Carolina International CCI4*-S were in for a change this afternoon as Brody Robertson made his show jumping course design debut in the class and built a challenging track that shuffled the top 10.