Do you love horses? I do and I can’t wait to watch the equestrian events at the Olympics. My favourite is the eventing but equestrian also includes individual and team events in jumping, dressage and three day eventing. In all these disciplines both horse and rider have to display skill, speed and smooth movement. It takes many years of practice for horse and rider to become a great team.
Equestrian is one of the few sports where all events are open to both men and women and it is a unique sport at the Olympics because both rider and horse are considered a team, and both are declared medal winners.
New Zealands most successful equestrian is Mark Todd and he will be competing at the Olympics this year. Mark along with his horse Charisma won back to back Olympic Gold medal in eventing in 1984 and 1988. He was also voted Rider of the Century by the International Equestrain Federation.
If you would like to learn more click on Equestrian events at the Olympics to get up to date details of all the events as well as other great information.
