“What a wonderful afternoon we have had! Getting the opportunity to ride my superstar Allstar B at Windsor to practice the Olympic test. He just gets better and better!” says World Champion Ros Canter who was one of the riders to perform the Olympic dressage test on the first afternoon of the Royal Windsor Horse Show
The Royal Windsor Horse Show offered a unique opportunity for spectators to see the British Olympic Dressage and Eventing long listed squads in action, as they make their final preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The horse and rider combinations took to the Castle Arena at 4pm on Wednesday 30th June to perform their respective Olympic Dressage tests in front of a crowd of 1,000 people.
The riders were practicing their respective Olympic tests, with the Dressage riders performing either the Grand Prix or the Grand Prix Special, and the Eventers riding the new Olympic Eventing test with the public training session giving the horses a much-needed chance to perform in an atmospheric international arena in front of a crowd – an opportunity that has been very limited in the past year. The tests were formally judged, commentary was provided by Stephen Clarke and the judges gave feedback to the squads after the show
The final Team GB Tokyo 2020 eventing team has yet to be announced
