‘Heartbreaking’ team withdrawal from Tokyo Paralympic dressage: ‘horse and...
Hong Kong has made the “heartbreaking” decision to withdraw from the Tokyo Paralympic dressage team competition, after one of the side’s horses showed signs of lameness after arriving at the Games....
View ArticleTokyo Paralympic dressage start times: three Brits in the mix for individual...
Georgia Wilson and Sakura, presented here at the first horse inspection by Nina Venables, will be the first British combination in action on the opening day of para dressage competition in the...
View ArticleTokyo Paralympic reporter’s blog: in the end, it all comes back to love
“Love has to prevail” – Sir Lee Pearson’s words have been at the forefront of my mind since his moving comments on acceptance and hope for a better world, following the first of his three gold dressage...
View ArticleThree to a team gets the nod for Paris 2024 despite concerns
Germany, the USA and Great Britain on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics.Teams of three will go ahead at the Paris 2024 Games following a vote that split horse sport’s decision-makers at the FEI general...
View ArticleEarly plans revealed for ‘most spectacular’ Paris 2024 equestrian venue
The Palace of Versailles, with the Apollo Fountain in the foreground, which sits between the grand canal and the palace. The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic equestrian venue will be located at the...
View Article*Opinion* Olympic teams of three, new hoops and whose decision is it anyway?
Library image For an event that only comes round every four (or five…) years, a month is a surprisingly long time on the Olympic clock. Teams of three are here to stay for Paris 2024, riding is out of...
View Article£700,000 boost for British horse sport’s Paris 2024 preparations
UK Sport has allocated an extra £700,000 to the indicative funding revealed in December 2020 to help British riders prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympics and ParalympicsAN extra £700,000+ has been...
View Article‘Raising the bar’: proposals to launch para dressage World Cup and Nations...
Sanne Voets riding Demantur at the Tokyo ParalympicsCreating a para dressage World Cup and Nations Cup series could help the sport evolve and offer more opportunities for riders, stakeholders have...
View ArticlePivotal week for horse sport at Paris 2024: Olympic and Paralympic formats to...
The gold medal-winning British eventing team at the Tokyo Olympics.The way horse sport will look at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be thrashed out at the FEI sport forum this week (25...
View ArticleDetails of how 2024 Paris Games will work revealed
Crucial decisions about Paris 2024 were rubber-stamped and fresh details of how the Games will look revealed at the FEI General Assembly (13 November). FEI president Ingmar de Vos voiced a stark...
View ArticleExtra £250,000 funding to help Paris medals push – and sport’s future
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 27: Natasha Baker of Great Britain and their horse Keystone Dawn Chorus celebrates in the Dressage Individual Test - Grade III at Equestrian Park on day 3 of the Tokyo 2020...
View ArticleAnother chance for equestrians: Paris tickets ballot reopens 500 days before...
There is another opportunity to get tickets for Paris 2024 as the second ballot opens – just 500 days until the Games. Registration opens today (15 March) and will run until 20 April. Those who are...
View Article‘You remained king till the end’: farewell to medal-winning horse bought via...
Sharon Jarvis of the Australia with horse Odorado competes in the Paralympic Equestrian Individual Freestyle Test - Grade III event at Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue on September 11, 2008 in Hong...
View ArticleFind somewhere to stay near the Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles is playing host to all equestrian events, plus the modern pentathlon, at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. Also known as the Château de Versailles, it welcomed the court...
View Article14,000 new Olympic equestrian tickets to go on sale
A virtual image of how the equestrian venue at Versailles for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will look. Some 14,000 new tickets will go on sale tomorrow (30 November) for the equestrian...
View ArticleFarewell to ‘one of dressage’s brightest stars’ who ‘made dreams come true’
G5DNXT London Paralympic Games - Day 4Pinocchio, the multiple medal-winning ride of Sophie Wells who “made dreams come true”, has died aged 27. “Today the boy with the biggest heart went over rainbow...
View ArticleGold medallists and rising stars among British dressage entries for Paris...
Sophie WELLS (GBR) riding Don Cara M (5) during the Individual World Championship for Grade V Para Dressage at the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning in Denmark between 6th - 14th August 2022The...
View ArticleBritish Paralympic dressage team for Paris 2024 announced: who’s heading to...
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 27: Natasha Baker of Great Britain and their horse Keystone Dawn Chorus celebrates in the Dressage Individual Test - Grade III at Equestrian Park on day 3 of the Tokyo 2020...
View ArticlePace picked up on Tokyo plans and preparations *H&H Plus*
As work goes on to ensure a Covid-safe Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will run next year, British equestrianism also has its funding for the Paris Games confirmed. H&H finds out more and reports on...
View ArticleRider with cerebral palsy wants to inspire others as she aims for Paralympics
A rider who has cerebral palsy wants to inspire others to know what is possible, as she works on her Paralympic dream. Bryanna Tanase, from Florida, US, started therapeutic riding some five years ago,...
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