Olympics News - equestrian

Latest News articles on equestrian at the Olympics

Zara Phillips focuses ahead to London Olympic Games (Horse and Hound)
With Zara Phillips' world champion Toytown out of action and her chances of making the World Equestrian Games uncertain, she is now focusing on the 2012 Olympics

No Toytown for Phillips at worlds (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Zara Phillips will be unable to defend her world three-day eventing title aboard star horse Toytown in the United States later this year.

Enthusiastic plungers storm Lake Decatur for Special Olympics fundraiser (Herald & Review)
DECATUR - Ed Smith wasn't quite ready to run into Lake Decaturstill mostly covered over in ice, but the Decatur Police Departmentdeputy chief finally took the plunge for the first time for a goodcause.

Community notebook: Local swim team places fifth at championships (The Columbian)
Julia Sanders and Marissa Young won multiple races, helping the Columbia River Swim Team take fifth place at the Oregon Swimming Short Course Championships for ages 11-14.

Zara admits she will not defend world three-day eventing crown on Toytown (Daily Mail)
Zara Phillips will not defend the world three-day eventing title aboard Toytown in the USA later this year. But Phillips has not given up hope of gaining Great Britain selection.

Ever-flashy Johnny Weir likes to spin (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Johnny Weir's athletic career seemed doomed. As a kid, he ran the wrong way on a soccer field. Then, he saw Olympic skaters Kristi Yamaguchi and Oksana Baiul. He grew up to become, possibly, the flashiest guy in figure-skating.

Davison family will host dressage masterclass at British Open (Horse and Hound)
Richard Davison, his wife Gillian and son Joe will highlight dressage's diversity at the British Open Show Jumping Championships

Olympic house lettings under starter's orders (Independent)
With the Winter Olympics over, the world's gaze turns to London which will host the summer games in two years' time. Concerns over transportation, ticket allocation and security aside, many Londoners – and those outside the capital but near major events – are thinking one thing: how can I make extra cash when the Olympics come? The most obvious answer is to rent out their homes to some of the ...

Nations' Cup to field record 11 teams at International Equestrian Center in Wellington (Palm Beach Daily News)
WELLINGTON — Eleven teams — the largest number of entries in the history of this event — will battle it out Friday night in the $75,000 FEI Nations' Cup presented by CN.

Polo Hosts Toronto in Preparation for Regionals (The Cornell Daily Sun)
As many know, Canada defeated the United States in the men’s hockey gold medal game at the Winter Olympics. For those in the Cornell community who are still lamenting the loss and just want to see any American team defeating a Canadian one, the men’s and women’s polo teams should offer you a solution.

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