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British Olympic horses arrive safe and well in Hong Kong


  • Team GBR’s dressage and eventing horses “all look great” after their journey to Hong Kong, Team GBR team leader Will Connell told H&H today.

    The nine horses — four dressage horses and five eventers — arrived in Hong Kong after flying from Stansted Airport yesterday.

    View pictures of the horses at Stansted

    The show jumping horses are undergoing seven days quarantine at Towerlands in Essex prior to their departure next Monday.

    Mr Connell said: “They all have arrived safely, look great and were walked out earlier today.”

    He said the dressage riders are already in Hong Kong ready to start competiton on 13 August and the eventing team flies out tomorrow (Friday) to start on 9 August.

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