Mystery Whisper arrives at Greenwich, photo courtesy of @DuttonEventing
Today the horses are moving in to their stalls at the Greenwich Olympic venue in London! Monday was the final jump and gallop day for the US horses at Lavender Hill Farm. This morning the riders and horses endured the all important and tension riddled final team vet inspection before shipping out to the venue. I have been hearing that the US horses have looked great this past week and that thankfully continued this morning–the team stays the same shipping to Greenwich. As I mentioned on Saturday, the unofficial top US reserves, Manoir De Carneville, Remington, and Mighty Nice are planning to travel to the venue on Friday to wait in a trailer before the jog in case anything crazy happens to one of the team horses at the last minute. I have heard that the US team may make a decision late Thursday night to leave the reserves at home if the horses are looking perfect at the venue. This would save Tate, Remi, and Happy a long (although very well cared for) day on the trailer. Now onto the pictures…
A rare cloudless sky in England, just before the US vet checks this morning, photo via Boyd
USA! USA! USA!, photo via Boyd
Best of the blogs: Boyd’s Tuesday blog, Equipment arrived on Monday at Team Thailand’s stalls
Team USA’s athlete village, via US Olympic Team
Team Ireland’s flag says it best, via Team Ireland
You can’t win an event in the dressage arena, but you can lose it. In just four days the dreams of an Olympic gold will come closer for some and be lost for others in this arena:
via Andy Hefferman
Go eventing.
