Athens 2004 Olympic Games

Farewell Shear L’Eau: Leslie Law pays tribute to his Olympic champion

Britain’s most recent individual Olympic eventing champion thanks everyone who played a role in the horse’s incredible career

Happy 50th birthday Leslie Law! All you need to know about the eventer

As Leslie Law celebrates his big birthday, we take a look back at the Olympic gold-medallist's impressive eventing career

Olympic surprises: when events don't go to plan

No matter how meticulous the preparations, floods, technical glitches and form upsets have all become part of Olympic folklore. For some riders this has meant a last minute call-up

Amy Tryon died of an accidental overdose, coroner rules

The King County Medical Examiner's office released her cause of death yesterday, as an "acute combined opiate" overdose.

King Solomon III retires from affiliated competition aged 23

Mary King's Olympic partner, who went on to star in the dressage arena with Paula Lee, has been retired from affiliated competition

USA finally claims Olympic jumping gold

More than a year after the Athens Olympics, the German show jumping team must officially surrender their Olympic crown

Olympic gold finally goes to Brazil

Rodrigo Pessoa is to be presented with Olympic show jumping gold medal after Cian O’Connor waived his right to appeal against the FEI’s decision to disqualify him from the Games

Cian O'Connor accepts Olympic decision

Cian O'Connor has decided to accept the FEI's decision to strip him of his gold medal and ban him from international competition for three months, handing gold to Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa

O'Connor stands to lose Olympic gold

The FEI has disqualified the Irish gold medalist from the Olympic Games and suspended him from competition for a period of three months

Positive test costs Germany Olympic gold

The FEI found German show jumper Ludger Beerbaum guilty of breaching FEI regulations and has disqualified his horse, Goldfever 3, from the Athens Olympics

German Olympic gold at risk

The German showjumping team could lose their title after a backup doping test found Olympic showjumper Goldfever positive to a banned drug

US dressage prepares Olympic challenge

The United States has named a strong Olympic squad, which will be aiming to erode Germany's stranglehold on the sport to claim gold in August

Athens 2004: Grooming for eventing gold

To win medals at Olympic level, all riders rely heavily on their grooms. Horse & Hound talks to the eventing squad's grooms about the challenges which lie ahead

Athens hopefuls produce top performances

Short-listed riders went head-to-head at the Addington Manor Premier League recently in an effort to impress selectors and claim a place on the team in Athens

Britain gains Olympic show jumping places

Britain has gained two individual places for the show jumping in Athens but the final selections will not be made until the end of June, with the Nations Cups being treated as viewing trials

Helena Weinberg out of the Olympics

Helena Weinberg will miss the Athens Olympics after her top horse Kasting Horses Gavi suffered an injured suspensory ligament

Top rider's Athens hopes dashed

William Funnell has withdrawn from Britain's Olympic show jumping short-list because his top horse Cortaflex Mondriaan is lame

Olympic show jumping short-list unveiled

Ten British riders have been short-listed for the Athens Olympics. Britain hopes to send two riders, whose names will be announced in mid-June

Olympic ban lifted for Stockdale

Tim Stockdale and Di Lampard are eligible for the British Olympic squad after the BOA lifted bans preventing them from competing in the Olympics

Olympic dressage shortlist unveiled

British Dressage has named 12 riders as potential members of the squad, which will carry British hopes to the Athens Olympics later this year