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What is equestrian?
"Equestrian" is the name of the sport where an athlete partners with a horse in competition.
It is one of the very few sports where men and women compete on equal terms in the same event.

The Olympic Equestrian Events comprise 3 disciplines - Dressage, Jumping and Eventing -
with individual and team competition in each.

Dressage is often called "equestrian ballet". The horse is required to perform set movements, or freestyle to music, demonstrating close partnership with its rider. The scores are evaluated by a panel of judges based on the precision and elegance of the movements.

Jumping requires the horse to jump and clear a series of obstacles, aiming for minimum penalties incurred and completion within a set time.

Eventing comprises Dressage, Cross-Country and Jumping, with the winners decided on minimum total penalties. The Cross-Country test requires the horses to clear a series of natural obstacles on a set course within the optimal time.

6 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Individual Dressage
Team Dressage
Individual Jumping
Team Jumping
Individual Eventing
Team Eventing

[edit] Qualifying Criteria

[edit] Dressage
An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition, or up to 2 athletes if they didn't.

Team Competition Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
World Equestrian Games Aug 20 - Sep 3, 2006 Aachen 3 Germany
Netherlands
United States
European Championship Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2007 Torino 3 Sweden
Great Britain
Denmark*
Asia Pacific Championship Group F/G Jan 31, 2008
Feb 4, 2008
Feb 7, 2008 Cannes
Sydney
Palmerston North 2 Australia
Japan
Pan-American Games Group D/E July 13-29, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2 Canada
Brazil

TOTAL 10

*Switzerland decided not to send a Team or an Individual to the Olympic Dressage competition after Silvia Iklé, the top rider on the Swiss team, refused to bring her horse, Salieri CH,to Hong-Kong due to the long travel and concerns over climatic conditions. [1]

Individual qualification will be decided by the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking as of May 1, 2008.

The Host Nations will be awarded 1 place if not qualified ( China / Hong Kong )
1 place for the best ranked NOC in each of the following regions:
North Western Europe
South Western Europe
Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia
North America
Central & South America
Africa & Middle East
South East Asia; Oceania
Other places to complete the quota will be allocated to best ranked individuals not qualified above and invitation places.

http://special.hkjc.com/promo/ch/2008_olympic/08_olympic_index.asp

http://www.equestrian2008.org