Five-star winner withdraws from Olympic contention: ‘There is not adequate time’

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Tamie Smith – Olympics campaign is over
Tamie Smith and Mai Baum at Badminton 2022.
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Tamie Smith has ruled herself and Mai Baum out of contention for the US eventing team at the Paris Olympics this summer.

Last year’s Kentucky Three-Day Event winner pulled away from his handler and “tweaked himself” before Kentucky this year and Tamie says there is now not enough time to prepare him before the mandatory US team outing at Stable View (21-23 June).

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.