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At the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Hoy competed in the three-day eventing competition, both as an individual rider and as part of the German team.. After the dressage and cross-country stages, Nicolas Touzaint was leading the field on the third day, Hoy was in second place, France was leading the team event, with Germany in second place as well.
Eventing (also known as three-day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test that required mastery of several types of riding.
Nicola Wilson (née Tweddle; [1] born 1 October 1976 [2]) is a British equestrian rider specialising in three-day eventing. Riding Opposition Buzz, she won a team gold at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games and team silver at the 2012 Olympic Games. She is also a seven-time medallist at the European Championships, including team golds in 2009 ...
Lauren Nicholson (née Kieffer; born June 6, 1987) [1] [2] [3] is an American equestrian who competes in eventing. [1] As the leading USA rider in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI, she won the Pinnacle Cup Trophy in 2014 and again in 2016, both times riding the Dutch Warmblood mare Veronica [4] with whom she has been paired since 2013. [5]
Miles began riding McKinlaigh in 2000. In 2002, she competed with him in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event and went on to place in the top 25 in the World Equestrian Games [4] Also in 2002, she attended the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, in order to represent the U.S. [3] she In 2003, she won the World Cup Final bronze medal.
The pair finished third at the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three Day and sixth at the same event in 2008. At the 2007 Pan American Games, O'Connor, riding Teddy, won individual gold and assisted the US squad to a team gold. In 2008, short-listed for the US eventing team at the 2008 Olympic Games, Teddy suffered a catastrophic injury and was euthanized.
The Kentucky Three-Day Event also hoped to continue the classic format, despite the other major events around the world switching to the short format. Originally, the plan was to alternate years, offering the short format in even-numbered years as preparation for the Olympic games or the World Championship , while running the classic format in ...
The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, 30 miles or 50 km east of Atlanta.For the first time in Olympic history, the three-day event individual and team events were held as two separate competitions.