Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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Alex Hua Tian’s Olympic memories: ‘It was such a heart-breaking moment’

H&H’s eventing editor Pippa Roome spoke to Chinese event rider Alex Hua Tian for episode 19 of the Horse & Hound podcast about riding at his first Olympics in Beijing, aged 18 and his success at the 2016 Olympic Games

Rider pays tribute to silver medal-winning horse lost to colic

Event horse who contested 2008 Olympics put down

The horse who kick-started Chinese event rider Alex Hua Tian’s career has died

US team horse put to sleep

Four-star campaigner and Olympic team member dies at home

Hinrich Romeike's Marius, 2008 Olympic eventing champion, retires

German rider Hinrich Romeike has announced the retirement of his double Olympic gold medallist Marius Voigt-Logistik, ending one of the great cross-country partnerships of our time

Megan Lewis's unexpected hold-up to Long Horse Ride

British endurance rider Megan Lewis suffered an unexpected hold-up on the Hungarian/Ukrainian border of more than three weeks as part of her Long Horse Ride

Olympic bronze medals presented two years after event

The Swiss showjumping team have finally received their team bronze medals from the 2008 Olympic Games after Norway were stripped of the medal because Tony Andre Hansen’s horse Camiro tested positive for capsaicin

Mark Todd looks forward to New York marathon

Toddy has set an ambitious target for his first marathon attempt

Tony Andre Hansen result: Norway loses Olympic team bronze

A fourth show jumper, Tony Andre Hansen, has been banned from competition after his horse tested positive for a banned drug at the Olympic Games

Irish show jumper Denis Lynch banned from competition for three months

Irish rider Denis Lynch is banned from competition and fined £897 after his horse Lantinus tested positive for a banned substance at the Olympics

America stripped of Olympic team dressage 4th placing

The International Equestrian Federation have disqualified Courtney King-Dye after a positive dope test on her horse, Mythilus, leading to automatic disqualification for the US dressage team

Felicity Coulthard wins freestyle silver medal at Paralympic Games

Felicity Coulthard and Roffelaar produced the performance of their lives to win silver in the grade II freestyle out in Hong Kong

America wins show jumping Olympic gold in Hong Kong

America and Canada jumped off for the Olympic title with the the reigning championships retaining the title, while Norway took bronze

Peppermill will not jump in Olympic show jumping competition

John Whitaker is not allowed to compete in today's Olympic team jumping competition, despite Peppermill recovering from the stiffness that ruled him out earlier

Imke Schellekens-Bartels out of Olympic dressage individual

Reigning European team gold and individual bronze medallists, Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Sunrise, are out of the individual grand prix special contest in Hong Kong

United States claims pole position in Olympic show jumping

Britain made a good start to the Olympic show jumping competition with two clears and two four-fault rounds, while America produce three clears

British Olympic show jumpers raring to go in Hong Kong

The British show jumping squad are the sixth team to jump in the competition, with Nick Skelton taking on the role of pathfinder

Germany's Hinrich Romeike is Olympic eventing champion

Hinrich Romeike keeps his cool in the show jumping to take individual Olympic gold, while Tina Cook rises through the ranks to secure the bronze

Olympic eventing gold for Germany with bronze for Britain

Germany proves invincible in the show jumping arena, holding Australia and Great Britain at bay to take Olympic gold