Video: While the UK based eventing horses were being transported to Rio via Stansted, the European teams' eventing horses were also heading into the sky from Liege in in Brussels
The Olympic eventing horses touched down at Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport just before midnight after a near-12 hour flight from London
Only eventing riders were eligible to compete in the new format Eventers Challenge at Hickstead but it was an eventing turned showjumping horse that took the win
Video: Take a behind the scenes look at loading the eventing horses heading to Rio
Kathryn Robinson and Let It Bee will replace Selena O’Hanlon and Foxwood High on the Canadian eventing team for Rio 2016