The 2008 Olympic Equestrian competition will be one of 25 events NBC is covering live through their online video streaming.To get a specific schedule for your location or to watch Olympic equestrian events online, go to NBCOlympics.com. Below is the current schedule for online equestrian coverage. All times are US Eastern Standard Time. Date Time [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

I’m always telling people that I’m still going to be riding horses when I’m a little 80-year-old lady. They tend to look at me like I’m a little crazy. Of course, it’s always the non-horsey people who just don’t get it. But they probably wouldn’t be so surprised if they knew that the oldest athlete [...]

Following an exciting day at the final U.S. Olympic Dressage trials, the top riders earning spots on the Olympic Team are: Steffen Peters and Ravel Debbie McDonald on Brentina Courtney King-Dye on Harmony’s Mythilus The alternate is Leslie Morse and her stallion Kingston. Courtney’s other mount, Idocus, and Steffen’s Lombardi placed fourth and fifth respectively, [...]

Dressage, eventing, and show jumping were first incorporated into the Olympic games in 1900 and have been going strong ever since. For the first few decades, only military officers were allowed to compete in eventing, while civilians could saddle up for dressage and show jumping. Today, the top rider and horse pairs in the country [...]