Everything you need to know about Equestrian at the Olympics in Paris.
The events that fall under the Equestrian umbrella are the only ones at the 2024 Paris Olympics, apart from modern pentathlon, that will feature non-human competitors with riders combining with their horses to battle for medals in dressage, eventing and show jumping.
Both male and female riders will compete against each other in mixed-gender events.
Equestrian at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place between Saturday 27th July and Tuesday 6th August.
There are three different elements in equestrian and medals will be awarded for individual and team competitors in three mixed-gender events.
The venue for the equestrian events in Paris could hardly be more spectacular as they will take place in a temporary arena in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles.
The dressage and jumping events will be stationed there while the cross-country course that will be used in the eventing will be alongside the Grand Canal.
The Palace was home to the French royal family since Louis XIV moved there in 1682 before the revolution in 1789. It became a museum in 1883 and remains one of Paris’s most popular tourist attractions.
Equestrian events first featured at the Olympics at the 1900 Games, which were also held in Paris.
They were brought back for the 1912 gathering in Stockholm and have been a constant feature since, with men and women competing against each other in each Games since the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.
The prospects of British medal success in the equestrian events at the Paris Olympics look strong, with dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin looking to be the most decorated British woman Olympian ever.
A medal of any colour would see her eclipse cyclist Laura Kenny’s total of six and Dujardin will be looking to win the individual gold again after success in London and Rio, as she looks to improve on the two bronzes she picked up three years ago in Tokyo.
She is joined on the four-rider team by Carl Hester, who will be competing in his seventh Games, Lottie Fry, who was a member of the team that went to Japan, and debutant Becky Moody.
The eventers will have strong hopes as well after taking gold in the team event in Tokyo.
Laura Collett and Tom McEwen return as members from that winning team, while travelling reserve Ros Canter has been included this time alongside world champion Yasmin Ingham.
The jumping challenge will be led by defending champion Ben Maher, who heads into his fifth Olympics and was also a team gold medallist in London 12 years ago.
The team will be completed by Scott Brash and Harry Chalres, both of whom competed at Tokyo, and debutant Joe Stockdale.
Charlotte Dujardin’s Olympic triumphs in both London and Rio were the first gold medals Great Britain have achieved in dressage and there have been medals in the team event in each of the last three Games.
Britain’s most recent gold medallist in eventing was Leslie Law on Shear L’Eau in Athens in 2004, with Richard Meade becoming the first when he won on Laurieston in 1972.
Their most recent of four team events came three years ago in Tokyo.
In jumping, Ben Maher claimed the individual prize last time, nine years after Nick Skelton was successful on Big Star in London.
The home team won their event in 2012 having tasted victory for the first time in Helsinki in 1952.
In dressage events, Great Britain have won three gold medals, one silver and three bronze.
In eventing, Great Britain have won six gold medals, eight silver and seven bronze.
In jumping, Great Britain have won four gold medals, three silver and five bronze.
Prices for the Olympic events in dressage, eventing and jumping will become available nearer to the start of competition, which will be on Saturday 27st July 2024.
After picking up five medals in Tokyo, Team GB will be hopeful of more with the eventing team having been dominant in their gold medal success in the last Games, while Ben Maher returns as Olympic champion in the jumping individual.