The eventers are in town! Check out the British team and others during arena familiarisation in Tokyo

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Olympic event horses in Tokyo: Laura Collett and London 52 during arena familiarisation
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

This evening the Olympic event horses in Tokyo had a familiarisation session in the main arena, plus showjumping training under lights.

Each national team was allocated times so their riders had 10 minutes to ride in the final warm-up area, 10 minutes in the main arena (below) outside the dressage boards and then 10 minutes inside the dressage boards. The riders and horses then had 15 minutes when they could use the cooling tents before 10 minutes in an outer arena with showjumps set up.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.