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The EquiPortal guide to the Beijing Olympics 2008

Equestrian Events

The Olympic games are upon us and that means we get to see some of Britain's top riders give it their all to hopefully bring us home some gold medals.

A Bit About the Olympics...

The Olympic Games take place every four years. The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad took place in Athens (GRE) in 2004.
The 2008 Olympics are being held in Beijing, Hong Kong, where temperatures of up to 30 degrees C / 86 degrees F – phew!
The host country have ensured that every care has been taken to make the horses as comfortable as possible in their climate,
using air conditioned stabling, air conditioned warm up arena and holding the cross country in the evening when its at its coolest.

The Events...

The equestrian events at the Beijing Olympics 2008 are:

• Eventing (See our guide to Eventing )
• Dressage (See our guide to Dressage )
• Show Jumping (See our guide to Show Jumping )
• Para-Dressage

The Schedule..

Show Jumping
15th August: First qualifying competition
17th-18th August: Team Competition
21st August: individual Final

Dressage
13th-14th August: Grand Prix Dressage Team competition and the first Individual Qualifier
16th August: Grand Prix special test and second Individual qualifier
19th August: Freestyle test to music, Individual Final

Eventing
9th -10th August: Dressage
11th August: Cross Country
12th August: Team and Individual Show Jumping

You can download and print off our detailed schedule here: (PDF LINK)

TV Coverage:

BBC are providing coverage of the games with BBC 1 being the primary channel and BBC 2 giving some coverage.
You can also find coverage on Freeview channels 1,2 and 3 and also on Sky channels.
Because Hong Kong is 7 hours in front of UK time, the live coverage of the Olympics will take place between 2am and 6am.
You can either record the live coverage or catch the round up broadcast at 6am – 11am on BBC1.
The BBC will also have coverage through the day and a second round up broadcast at 17.30 – 18.30 on BBC1 every day.
Check out the BBC sports website for more details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmh3v/comingup∞

The GBR competitors....

3 Day Eventing Team:
William Fox Pitt
Ballincoola Parkmore Ed Tamarillo

Sharon Hunt
Tankers Town

Mary King
Call Again, Cavalier and Imperial Cavalier

Daisy Dick
Spring Along

Tina Cook
Miners Frolic

Show Jumping:
Tim Stockdale
Fresh Direct Corlato

John Whitaker
Peppermill

Michael Whitaker
Suncal Portofino 63

Ben Maher
Rolette

Reserve:
Nick Skelton
Russel

Dressage:
Laura Bechtolsheimer
Mistral Hojris

Emma Hindle
Lancet

Jane Gregory
Lucky Star

Reserve:
Maria Eilberg
Two Sox

Para- Dressage:
Sophie Christiansen
Lambrusco III

Anne Dunham
Teddy

Ricky Balshaw
Deacon's Giorgi

Lee Pearson
Gentleman

Felicity Coulthard
Roffelaar

Debbie Criddle
Pavaroti

Simon Laurens
Ocean Diamond







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