From Abba to super smooth and spectacular sunglasses, they were hot to trot at the first horse inspection in Rio
Over the next few days the partnership between horse and rider will be tested at Houghton Hall but Mary King starts with some friendly nuzzling at the first horse inspection
The dressage phase of eventing is all about the how well horse and rider ‘dance’ together but we show how this synchronisation can be seen, even before the competition begins, at the first horse inspection
The Aquece Rio equestrian Test Event kicked off in the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro today, with 18 national horses from Brazil passing the first horse inspection and being declared fit to compete.
It may have been typical cold, wet Melbourne weather for the first horse inspection at the Melbourne International 3 Day Event but some good hats, fresh horses and big smiles cheered things up
