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2024 Paris Olympics Equestrian Coverage

For the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, I covered three-day eventing for the Horse Network. Here’s a list of stories I published in real time off the results and news of the competition:

Paris 2024 – Eventing Competition Michael Jung of Germany competes the Eventing during the Olympic Games, Olympische Spiele, Olympia, OS Paris 2024 at Ch‚teau de Versailles on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM Versailles PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRAxUK Copyright: xZabulonxLaurent/ABACAx

It’s Official: Michael Jung Is Super Human: After an exciting team finish with Great Britain securing gold and France with silver, two of the world’s best riders put it all on the line in the show jumping arena at Versailles.

Published Monday, July 29. Read the full story here.

PARIS – Olympische Sommer Spiele / Olympic Summer Games 2024, PARIS – Olympische Sommer Spiele / Olympic Summer Games 2024 MCEWEN Tom GBR, JL Dublin Teilpr¸fung Springen Team Entscheidung / Show Jumping Team cometition Paris, Schloss Versailles, Ch√teau de Versailles 29. July 2024 – *** PARIS Olympic Summer Games Olympic Summer Games 2024, PARIS Olympic Summer Games Olympic Summer Games 2024 MCEWEN Tom GBR , JL Dublin Partial Jumping Team Decision Show Jumping Team cometition Paris, Palace of Versailles, Ch‚teau de Versailles July 29, 2024

Britain Defends Team Gold, Japan Earns First Ever Olympic Medal In Eventing: Just one rail separated the No. 1 and No. 2 teams, Great Britain and France respectively, going into the final day of competition of three-day eventing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Published Monday July 29. Read the full story here.

COLLETT Laura of Great Britain during the eventing, team and individual dressage, Olympic Games, Olympische Spiele, Olympia, OS Paris 2024 on 27 July 2024 at Chateau de Versailles in Versailles, France – Photo Matthieu Mirville / DPPI Media / Panoramic OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 – 27/07 DPPI/Panoramic PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRAxBEL MM1-0233

Collett Shatters Olympic Record, Britain Leads After Dressage in Paris: Even in the drizzling rain, the crowds at Versailles cooed in awe of Great Britain’s Laura Collett and London 52 after a spectacular dressage test on day one of three-day eventing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Published Saturday, July 27. Read the full story here.

28th July 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Olympische Spiele, Olympia, OS Paris, France, Day 3 Equestrian team and individual cross country at Versailles palace, Michael Jung of Germany clears a fence during the Cross Country PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUK ActionPlus12673342 SimonxWest

Jung Takes the Lead In Paris After Influential Olympic Cross-Country Day: Making the time proved to be a formidable challenge for the 64 three-day eventing competitors who braved Pierre le Goupil’s Paris Olympic Games cross-country course Sunday across the immaculate French gardens of the Château de Versailles.

Published Sunday, July 28. Read the full story here.

Massive Attack Halts Trains Across France Before the Summer Olympics, Olympia Paris 2024, Olympia, Franck Dubourdieu M, Director TGV Atlantic, speaks to journalists. A few hours before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, unknown persons carried out arson attacks on several facilities on the French high-speed train network. Paris, France on July 26, 2024. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRAxUK Copyright: xPoitoutxFlorian/ABACAx

Attacks On French Railways Shake Paris Just Before Opening Ceremonies: On the morning of the Opening Ceremonies, signaling the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, arsonists attacked the country’s main high-speed railways.

Published Friday July 26. Read the full story here.

Your Olympic Eventing Cheat Sheet: The big question going into the picturesque Versailles arena and surrounding French gardens ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is, can anyone stop the Brits? ‘

Published Wednesday, July 24. Read the full story here.

The American Line Up: Who Is Representing USA Eventing In Paris & How They Earned Their Spot: U.S. Equestrian has selected the three riders and travelling reserve who will represent the United States in Eventing at the Paris Olympic Games this summer. 

Published June 4. Read the full story here.

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Heels Down Happy Hour: A New Equestrian Podcast from the Horse Radio Network

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Heels Down Magazine presents the Heels Down Happy Hour podcast. There’s a whole lot of stuff happening in the horse world, and someone’s got to keep you up to date. Who’s winning what? What weird rules are you probably going to violate at your next horse show? What does your favorite rider really think about white breeches? Don’t worry, that’s what we’re here for. Grab a drink. Welcome to Happy Hour.

For more about the podcast, visit HeelsDownMag.com/podcast

Tune in for new episodes the 2nd and last Friday of each month on the Horse Radio Network. Download new episodes on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

More about our hosts:

Jessica Payne is a 32-year-old international event rider who is rarely seen without her long-haired chihuahua under her arm. She was born in London, Ontario but grew up in Franklin, Tenn. and graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Animal Science. She once lost the tip of her pinky finger clipping her 4* horse, and husband Doug says she can “talk to anyone including a wall….and they will like it!”

Caroline Culbertson is a 27-year-old equestrian journalist who broke her foot “surfing” a mattress down the stairs at age 7. Yes, her parents told her not to. She grew up in the south y’all and graduated from Duke University in North Carolina. She also picked up powerlifting a few months after breaking both bones in her arm, so her judgement is questionable. Hence, she’s an event rider.

Justine Griffin is an award winning 29-year-old journalist who has written about everything from horses to high profile CEOs to her ovaries. (She donated her eggs once.) Two things she loves the most? Whippet puppies and cheese. Justine is a firm believer in unicorns and feminism. So take everything she says with a grain of salt.