How equestrian teams and their horses get to the Olympics:
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There are the four traveling reserve riders, who would step in in the event of an injury. There are the seven coaches. There are the six team leaders, who manage logistics. There are the 16 grooms, to care for the horses. Then there is the farrier, to look after the horses’ hooves and handle their shoeing. And the four veterinarians. And the two equine physical therapists. And the human physical therapist.
It shouldn’t be all that surprising, then, that even setting aside the contributions from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the considerable costs shouldered by athletes themselves, the Tokyo Games are carrying a six-figure price tag for U.S. Equestrian, the sport’s national governing body. That money is needed for an endurance event that is just as astounding as the Olympic competition that follows: getting those horses, and that legion of support staff, halfway around the world.
“I think that the captain on our flight over said we had 14 tons of equipment,” Dr. Susan Johns, the eventing team vet, says of the seven-horse trip from New York to Liège.
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