USA Today just announced that Karen O’Connor will be replacing Heidi White on the 2008 US Olympic eventing team. White withdrew her horse, Northern Spy, for veterinary reasons and alternate Karen O’Connor and Mandiba have officially joined the team. Karen O’Connor can almost be considered America’s eventing darling, as she already has Olympic bronze and [...]

Perhaps the most decorated US horse and rider team headed to the 2008 Olympic dressage competition is Debbie McDonald and Brentina. While other riders have just as many, if not more, titles and wins to their name, it’s often been with a variety of horses. For Debbie, most of her major accomplishments came during her [...]

A show jumping team I’ll definitely be watching at the Olympics in a few weeks is Laura Kraut and Cedric. She’s quite a woman; besides her impressive show jumping career, she’s a great sportsman and horsewoman. Background One of the reasons I like Laura Kraut so much is that she has a story that resonates [...]

Ok, not really. These horses can soar over jumps or in one and two tempis, but as far as I know none have turned into Pegasus to wing themselves overseas. Fortunately, there are some wonderful services that are in charge of getting the four-footed athletes to the Olympics. The New York Times ran a fun [...]

Two-time gold medalist Phillip Dutton is no stranger to the Olympics after representing his native Australia in three separate Games (not to mention four world championships). He gained his US citizenship in 2006 and this year will ride for the red, white, and blue. Phillip Dutton is arguably one of the most decorated international event [...]

NBC paid a massive amount of money to get sole rights for covering the Olympics, and has recently posted the stations and schedules on their Olympic website. Go to the NBC Olympics TV and Listings section of their website, input your zip code and cable/satellite provider, and get a specific Olympic TV schedule for your [...]

Steffen Peters is headed to the 2008 Olympic equestrian games at the top of the US dressage team. Originally from Germany, Steffen became a US citizen in 1992. Shortly thereafter, he won a team bronze with the US dressage team at the Atlanta games in 1996, and was an alternate for the team in 2004. [...]