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Read full article. Emily Yetzer. Our experts will call you on your preferred time. There is error while submitting your request. Please try again. In order to reach this goal, all three disciplines will have just three horse-and-rider pairs for team competition and there will no longer be a drop score, though nations will be able to send a reserve pair to fill in in case a team member has to withdraw due to illness or injury.

By requiring fewer horses and riders, countries with smaller equestrian communities will have an easier time recruiting the necessary number of qualified athletes. For dressage , all competitors will be split into six groups of 10 or heats based on world rankings. The competition begins with a Grand Prix test, which will determine the winners of the team competition, with the top eight teams then taking part in the second test — the Grand Prix Special.

This consists of piaffe and passage, with the team with the highest combined score winning gold. As for the individual competition, the two best combinations from each group in the grand prix and the best six pairs qualify for the Grand Prix Freestyle, which is written by each individual rider.

The winner is crowned an Olympic champion. When it comes to eventing , teams compete in just three combinations across three days, with athletes participating in an endurance test, including roads and tracks, steeplechase and cross-country. As for show jumping , the competitors will be taking to the tracks, consisting of 12 to 15 obstacles, including at least one double and a treble.

Read more: How to watch Olympics Opening Ceremony. The equestrian competition days stretch from Friday 23rd July until Saturday 7th August, with medal events for different categories dotted throughout. Teams in each category consist of three rider and horse pairs with one travelling reserve, while every competing country that qualified a team also gets three entries in the individual competition. All athletes must be over the age of 18 and achieve the Minimum Eligibility Requirements, which vary for each discipline and usually include past participation in other international events like the FEI World Equestrian Games.