Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
The equestrian events of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were held in Hong Kong because the necessary levels of quarantine and equine disease control could not be guaranteed in mainland China. Hong Kong, with its history of top-class horseracing, incredible veterinary facilities, and experience of handling large scale events, was chosen instead.
Sha Tin racecourse hosted both the pure dressage and showjumping, plus those phases of the eventing competition, while the cross-country took place at Beas River.
Germany was the most successful nation in the equestrian events at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with three gold medals (team and individual eventing, plus team dressage), plus one silver and one bronze (both individual dressage). Britain won two bronze medals in the eventing, with Tina Cook and Miners Frolic taking the individual bronze. There were no British medals in either showjumping or dressage.
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Dressage star says final farewell to ‘most difficult, but most important’ horse of her career
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Marius Voigt-Logistik: the horse that took an amateur to win Olympic gold *H&H Plus*
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By Big Star out of Rolette – is this showjumping’s new megastar?
If the genes have anything to do with it, this five-year-old is going to be one megastar showjumper...
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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
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Rider pays tribute to silver medal-winning horse lost to colic
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Event horse who contested 2008 Olympics put down
The horse who kick-started Chinese event rider Alex Hua Tian’s career has died
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US team horse put to sleep
Four-star campaigner and Olympic team member dies at home
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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
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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
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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
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Mark Todd looks forward to New York marathon
Toddy has set an ambitious target for his first marathon attempt
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
